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Tag: Trump

The venality of evil

In describing the bureaucratic workings of Fascism, political theorist Hannah Arendt famously referred to “the banality of evil.” She was making reference to the workaday style of Adolph Hitler’s genocide machine, an apparatus of many ordinary parts employing ordinary people… Read the rest

Larry Barnett Culture, Politics 1 Comment June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 2 Minutes

Outliers, Westworld and Trump

The ideal of a stable society has preoccupied humankind for a long time, perhaps forever. In order to promulgate social stability, diverse methods have been attempted by various systems of governance and leadership ranging from autocratic to democratic, communal to sovereign, hard-fisted to liberal.… Read the rest

Larry Barnett Culture, Politics 1 Comment May 9, 2020May 9, 2020 3 Minutes

Authoritarianism in America: The view from 2050

“Many consider the elevation of Voice of America (VoA) to the status of the official domestic news organ of the United States as emblematic of when authoritarianism became fully established in America. Quietly, and without much notice, the Trump administration had been actively recruiting… Read the rest

Larry Barnett Politics 1 Comment December 22, 2017March 12, 2020 3 Minutes
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