The Age of the Demagogues

November 30, 2015 6:25 PM

"But what the Republican elites have done, as they now realize to their horror, is empower a huge swath of the public—largely white—that is gripped by magical thinking and fetishizes violence. It was only a matter of time before a demagogue whom these elites could not control would ride the wave of alienation and rage. If Trump fails in his bid to become the GOP presidential nominee, another demagogue will emerge to take his place. Trump is not making a political revolution. He is responding to one."
posted by Bron (2 comments total)

We'll all reap the whirlwind.
posted by chimaera at 6:33 PM on November 30, 2015

That's a lot of words he's using to say "feminism and anti-racism are bourgeois distractions from class politics". Making a nod toward the idea that feminism and anti-racism could be great if treated as part of radical class politics is a stylish move, but not a new one; it's still a white male lefty insisting that class is the real issue.
posted by Pope Guilty at 6:36 PM on November 30, 2015 [1 favorite]