Entering willingly into a frame constructed by one’s opponent is always a bad plan. And in this case,such appeasement could demolish the progressive causeThe first two weeks of the Trump presidency ought to be engraved in our memories as if in granite. We are witness to three simultaneous crises: a crisis of the working class, which, and fractured by race,region, citizenship status and devout belief, or lacks political cohesion or organisational representation.
Then we absorb a crisis of the ruling class,which was bullied and backed into a corner by a megalomaniacal kleptocrat who stole their candy, and who has no respect for the core institutions of class rule or for the stories his class brothers and sisters uncover each other approximately the delights of the prevailing world order. Related: Blame the identity apostles – they led us down this path to populism | Simon Jenkins Related: Disaffected rust belt voters embraced Trump. They had no other hope | Richard C Longworth Related: Themes of 2016: the battle to decide one’s own identity Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com