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The 130-year-old theory that explains Trump and MAGA: Nobel economist
Spectacle as Power, Not PersonalityThe Point Was the DisplayPaul Krugman’s warning, as presented here, is not really about bad taste. The source centers on Trump’s birthday cage match on the White House lawn and the UFC press event on the Lincoln Memorial steps as symbols of a vulgar political culture. That is the surface. The deeper fact is that the spectacle was staged from the center of state power, and that is what makes it politically meaningful.This was not random tackiness. It was a deliberate use of national space and presidential authority to broadcast dominance, contempt, and…
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