The Anti-war Movement Should Turn

One Of The Main Ways In Which I Get Attacked Is By Being Called A Conspiracy Theorist By The Right And The Other Main Attack Is Actually From The Conspiracy Theorists Who Are Really Pissed At Me For Not Admitting That 9/11 Was An Inside Job.

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 Haunts Me Is Not Exactly The Absence Of Literal Space So Much As A Deep Craving For Metaphorical Space: Release, Escape, Some Kind Of Open-ended Freedom.

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.

I Am Convinced That Climate Change Represents A Historic Opportunity On An Even Greater Scale.