President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. To most that sentence states a fact. To many others, that sentence is making an ideological argument. And that's the state of American civic life so far in 2021. The Art of the Steal Trump is a fascinating character. Before getting to denouncing him, I want to offer… Continue reading Trumpageddon
Category: US Politics
American Discontent
Flyover Bourgeois GenX Man
I’ve witnessed history being made four times in my half-century of life: the end of the Cold War, 9-11, the Financial Crisis of 2007-08, and now the Coronavirus pandemic. Those events—spaced roughly by 10 years—play outsized roles in public dialogue and analysis. They are omnipresent in people’s imaginations as they wrestle with current affairs. However,… Continue reading Flyover Bourgeois GenX Man
The Hazards of Political Belief Spectrums
The graphic above is from a discussion on a UK website called The Student Room. Armchair Mutineer believes this is a good representation of the parameters of political beliefs reflected in contemporary society: communism on one end and fascism on the other. Clearly, the maker of the spectrum must be from Canada, but this graphic… Continue reading The Hazards of Political Belief Spectrums