The Republican party nearly destroyed itself by failing to field a status quo candidate from their own ranks. In my view, Trump is an angsty teenager who uses knee-jerk reactions and emotion to speak to those disgusted, disenfranchised, and ignored by the Washington Consensus. Her campaign and the DNC were corrupt from the start, and they didn’t try to hide it. Her speeches were empty, dispassionate and simply disengaged from reality. She was a status quo candidate that lacked vision, offering nothing except a hedge against the fascism of Trump. She spoke in a language of clinical rhetoric to nobody except Wall Street. It was a false choice between “Coke vs Pepsi.” Clinton campaigned on a platform powered by a misplaced faith in Big Data. Sarah Kendzior The Spectacle of 20 election was a farce and a tipping point where politics have finally become an extension of what Guy Debord called “The Spectacle”.īoth “viable” candidates offered the same neoliberal flavor of poison. Write a list of things you would never believe.īecause it is possible that in the next year, you will either believe them or be forced to say you believe them. Write a list of things you would never do.īecause it is possible that in the next year, you will do them. Write your biography, write down your memories.īecause if you do not do it now, you may forget.
Write about the struggle of your ancestors and how the hardship they overcame shaped the person you are today. Write about your dreams for the future and your hopes for your children. Write down what you value what standards you hold for yourself and for others. I want you to write about who you are, what you have experienced, and what you have endured. I was inspired by Sarah Kendzior: Fellow Americans, I have a favor to ask you. Before Trump takes office, I want to create a picture of the high-water mark, something I can point to and say “That was how it was” without the fog of time, or the distortions of propaganda and ideology.
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