6.3K views · 168 reactions | Looking back on 2016, the correct analysis of that election is not that the Russian network interfered and that’s why Trump won. I don’t think the Russian contribution was nearly big enough for that statement to be valid. What is true is that without the existence of Facebook and Twitter it would’ve been very hard for an outlier, outsider candidate like Donald Trump to win. Watch my new video with Big Think here: | Niall Ferguson | Facebook