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" Democracy has never been in better health - more citizens are politically activated than ever before."

Yea, I guess you could call experiencing a violent coup attempt "activated". If the majority of social media engagement is people believing dubious stories and memes by hating the other side, then the engagement is worthless.

Because we are on a US/english forum I think its important to point out that this was a global study of "left/right"

"We also recommend more robust examinations of the asymmetry thesis in regions that have been understudied, such as South America, Africa, and Asia. Even though we included countries from each of these continents, very little is known about the basic nature and scope of conspiracy theorizing outside of North America and Europe."

its dangerous and not a great place to visit these days, unfortunately. Was there a few weeks ago.