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Can someone explain how these are related?
The rough story is that 4chan grew out of the old SA forums, and that 4chan was instrumental in the development of the alt-right.
I’m not explicitly endorsing this narrative, but despite being somewhat reductionist, its broad strokes are relatively accurate.