Weekend Reading: I wrote about the pre-history of Trump’s rise, the nature of Trumpism, and the radical politics of white despair – based on John Ganz’s masterful “When the Clock Broke”
The Origins of Trumpism and the Birth of the Present.
Much too long to summarise here, but ESSENTIAL reading for anyone who wants to understand where America (and the Right everywhere) is today.
#Neoliberalism (#Reaganomics) didn't just deliver lower growth, as well as increasing poverty for the bottom 50%, but also will allow #fascists to gain power. And they really are fascists. Not cautious old-fashioned #Conservatives, but #NeoNazis, à la 1930s.