They also haven’t had years and years of manufactured consent around “trumpism” (yet) the way we’ve had with fascism and apartheid that has made those terms dissolve into the background radiation of just shit that’s going on fir most dumbass Americans.
I do think it’s fair to think as leftists we’d politically literate enough to see why it’s stupid but also recognize that yeah liberals are dinguses and it might be a way for then to get to the truth even if they get there in a roundabout moronic ass way. I think both can be a little true
Yes, it's usually reflexive and politically myopic. That doesn't mean it never has to apply. It is absolutely fitting to talk about Trump in a take about the latest settler-colonialist land grab in Jerusalem, because doing that land grab in Sheikh Jarrah specifically is perfectly in line with Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital - this move serves to drive a wedge between the al-Quds mosque and the Palestinian parts of the town. It is aimed at further de-palestinizing Jerusalem. I don't see a problem with mentioning Trump here when the latest atrocities are things he helped pave the way for when he went even beyond the usual US support for Israel.
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They also haven’t had years and years of manufactured consent around “trumpism” (yet) the way we’ve had with fascism and apartheid that has made those terms dissolve into the background radiation of just shit that’s going on fir most dumbass Americans.
I do think it’s fair to think as leftists we’d politically literate enough to see why it’s stupid but also recognize that yeah liberals are dinguses and it might be a way for then to get to the truth even if they get there in a roundabout moronic ass way. I think both can be a little true
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Yes, it's usually reflexive and politically myopic. That doesn't mean it never has to apply. It is absolutely fitting to talk about Trump in a take about the latest settler-colonialist land grab in Jerusalem, because doing that land grab in Sheikh Jarrah specifically is perfectly in line with Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital - this move serves to drive a wedge between the al-Quds mosque and the Palestinian parts of the town. It is aimed at further de-palestinizing Jerusalem. I don't see a problem with mentioning Trump here when the latest atrocities are things he helped pave the way for when he went even beyond the usual US support for Israel.