r/the_book

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Internet Weaponized

r/the_book

A book project documenting /r/The_Donald and its impact on the 2016 election year.

Created Nov 4, 2016 · restricted

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"The_Book: Internet Weaponized", or, a book project documenting r/The_Donald and its impact on the 2016 election year. We are taking the memes, jokes, and history of r/The_Donald, and compiling it all into one PDF, to preserve it for future generations.

In the year 2015, America has become a shell of what it once was. Government has become so powerful it has taken control from the states, and America is now run behind the scenes by an elite group. The media furthers their own propaganda-filled agendas, while censoring everything else that does not fit their narrative. America is a dark place filled with millions of unknowingly compliant citizens.

Welcome to the 2015-2016 election cycle, where everything is rigged and the votes don't matter. The shoe-in for the Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton is poised to take the election cycle in a landslide.

But one man changes all that.

From out of nowhere, Donald Trump, formerly the host of the hit reality show The Celebrity Apprentice, announces his running for the Presidency of the United States of America, and the entire world would never be the same. At the center of Donald's campaign is the slogan "Make America Great Again", which rings true as The Donald conquers opponent after Republican opponent. For the first time in many, many years, the entire establishment of corruption in America is being threatened. The only one who can save us is Donald Trump and his ever-growing army of supporters.

Meanwhile on the Internet, largely dominated by pro-Hillary and pro-Establishment ideas and communities, a small corner of the Internet develops dedicated to Trump supporters.

What nobody, possibly not even them, would know is they would be pivotal not just in the outcome of the election, but in blowing out the massive corruption in American government, and ensuring that the world would never be the same.

This is the story of how one man's vision for America spawned a community of over a quarter of a million people to expose corruption, promote free speech, and have some fun in the process. This is the story of how this community, shaped by Trump's vision, went back around to shape the vision itself, ultimately causing the biggest political upset in history.

This is the story of an Internet community called r/the_donald and its impact on the 2015-2016 election cycle, and how it changed the world and memed a man into the White House.

Welcome to the_book.

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