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An anthropologist reminds us why Trump rose & how populism will survive his crash

By / 17 Comments / 25 October 2016

Summary: Now that Trump has self-destructed and the inevitable landslide (which I predicted in August) looms, the Left believes it can forget the forces that brought Trump close to victory. FAILure to learn is our national affliction. Anthropologist Maximilian Forte reminds us why Trump arose from nothing and why populism might survive Trump’s crash. “Terminal …

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The moral panic over Trump’s lewd remarks reveals much about us.

By / 3 Comments / 10 October 2016

Summary: Here is another chapter exploring the oddity of our Anything But Issues presidential campaign. The re-release of Trump’s lewd remarks from 2005 ignited a moral panic (a too common event in modern America). This episode is rich with sad lessons for us. Here are a few of them. Things that don’t matter in Campaign …

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The hidden details of the October surprise about Trump’s “sexual assaults”

By / 7 Comments / 4 June 2018

Summary: As expected, an October surprise has arrived to tilt the vote. Key developments in the election (Circus 2016) are lost in the media frenzy about this new Trump soundbite, things which reveal much about America today — and our future.  Let’s drag them into the light. Contents Clinton’s real platform. About the morality of …

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An anthropologist looks at the narrow choices we’re offered in Campaign 2016

By / 8 Comments / 4 October 2016

Summary: From the sturm and drang about Campaign 2016 we might believe it offered us a wide choice of candidates and policies. Much of Trump’s platform is standard right-wing doctrine (e.g., bomb the Middle East, tax cuts for the rich). Clinton offers standard doctrines of the center-left Goldman-neocon-neoliberal alliance. Here anthropologist Maximilian Forte looks at …

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2016: a historic unification election for America!

By / 8 Comments / 25 October 2016

Summary: The polls show that Election 2016 has divided the people of America but unified America’s elites. That makes it different than realignment elections, such as 1964 and 1972.  Expect Clinton to use her power boldly. This is a follow-up to Campaign 2016: America passes into new hands. Hillary Clinton might go down in US …

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