People Without Memory Are Putty.

Trump's Act Of Construction Is Not Building A Building. It Is Building The Meaning Of The Name "trump." Because His Revenue Really Comes From Selling His Name To People Who Do Actually Build Things. They Pay Enormous Sums Of Money For The Supposed Privilege Of Being Associated With The Name Trump Or The Name Ivanka, Because Of That Image Construction. That's Why It Seemed Like A Good Idea For Trump To Run For President In The First Place.

I Do Believe That Our Ability To Jam The Trump Brand Is Somewhat Limited. I Think We Can Chip Away At It, But Ultimately The Way To Undermine The Trump Brand Is A Better Product In The Political Marketplace, If You'll Forgive The Capitalist Metaphor. I Do Think That The Negative Messaging On Trump Is Severely Limited Because He Is Tapping Into A Very Deep, And In Many A Rightful, Desire For Deep Change, And A Feeling That The Whole System Is So Broken And So Corrupt That You Might As Well Raise A Middle Finger As Some Kind Of Act Of Agency.

It Is Our Great Collective Misfortune That The Scientific Community Made Its Decisive Diagnosis Of The Climate Threat At The Precise Moment When An Elite Minority Was Enjoying More Unfettered Political, Cultural, And Intellectual Power Than At Any Point Since The 1920s.

The Reason Why Nothing Sticks To Trump - Or Very Little Sticks To Trump - Is That Trump Created His Brand Idea That Has To Do With Being The Guy Who Gets Away From It. It's This Ultimate Power Through Wealth And This Dream That Represents In An Age Of Tremendous Economic Precariousness And Constrained Options For So Many People - That Watching Trump Be Able To Do Whatever He Wants To Whoever He Wants Is This Obvious Vicarious Kind Of Thrill For A Certain Demographic.

What We Have Been Living For Three Decades Is Frontier Capitalism, With The Frontier Constantly Shifting Location From Crisis To Crisis, Moving On As Soon As The Law Catches Up.