“Rumpelstiltskin,” cited by a judge turning down a Trump request, is only too applicable, both to Trump and to the GOP.
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Rumpelstiltskin, the GOP’s Dark Side
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Anne Sexton, fairy tales, GOP, Grimm Brothers, Jay Kuo, Robert McBurney, Rumpelstiltskin, Transformations Comments closed
Melville Would Have Understood Trump
Melville foresaw Trump in “Confidence Man.”
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Kundera Understood Authoritarianism
The late Milan Kundera understood the authoritarian mindset in a deep way. “Book of Laughter and Forgetting” and “Eternal Lightness of Being” capture the mindset.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Aeschylus, Agamemnon, Book of Laughter and Forgetting, Eternal Lightness of Being, Flies, Jean Paul Sartre, MAGA, Milan Kundera Comments closed
Lindsey Graham as Willy Loman (or Not)
Studying Willy Loman in “Death of a Salesman” can help us understand Trump politicians.
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Authoritarians Long to Act with Impunity
Authoritarians long to act with impunity. H.G. Wells captures this fantasy in “The Invisible Man.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged authoritarianism, Fascism, H.G. Wells, Invisible Man, Republic, ring of Gyges, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Socrates, Trumpism Comments closed
Pilfered Files, Eustace Diamonds
I compare Trump with Lizzy Greystock in Trollope’s “Eustace Diamonds”–government files for him, diamond necklace for her.
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Warning to Fans of Authoritarianism
Applying “The Frogs Who Wished for a King” to the U.S., Biden is King Log and Trump King Crane.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Aesop, Aesop's Fables, authoritarianism, Democracy, Frogs Who Wished for a King, Joe Biden, Tom Nichols Comments closed
As in 1984, Neo-Fascists Redefine Freedom
Many on the extreme right are defining “freedom” in ways that Orwell would recognize.
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