13 June

The ‘times are tough’ explanation people give for the growth of movements like Trumpism and One Nation is true only at the very earliest stages. That’s the match. The wildfire that follows has nothing to do with those tough times. It’s a contagion. A self-feeding rapid escalation of rage and violence. Like a fight at the footy, which begins when two players have an incident, and then both teams pile-on even if they have no idea what started it. I made this graphic to capture the full mechanism.