Dialectics of Decline

Dialectics of Decline

The Hashtag Resistance Is Dead

Is there any reason to mourn?

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Scarlet
Feb 04, 2025
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When Trump was elected for the first time in 2016, it sent a shockwave through the American political universe. People could not believe this guy, this guy, actually won the election. He was too crude, too openly racist, too indecent to ever be president. His presidential win upended the Rules of Order that liberals believed in until this point. This wa…

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