Comment by energy123

> 20 million people participating in protests was not a “state sponsored attack”

It was partly that, though. Read the section "Rallies and protests organized by IRA in the United States" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency

Also: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/16/1035851/facebook...

These troll farms exploited genuine grievances in order to stoke as much chaos as possible.

I'm not trying to say this was the main cause, my comment "wokeness was state sponsored attack" was rhetorical in nature. While a state sponsored attack did happen (see above links...) it isn't the main explanation.