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Episode 04: Breaching the Capitol: A product of the 'Shallow State'

After watching the Trump-inspired spectacle on Wednesday, one has to wonder, where did this come from? To be sure, President Trump urged his supporters to go to the Capitol. But this doesn’t explain how a group of overcharged cosplayers – let alone millions of Americans – could be convinced by one man to doubt an election that every institutional process in America validated.
To appreciate what happened on Wednesday, one needs to understand the dynamics behind the gradual descent of millions of Americans into ill-informed voters who now embrace make-believe conspiracies.