In 1973, an Angela Carter predicted the power of unreality to take over our lives. In 2024, AI may be proving her right.
Tag Archives: Donald Trump
Will AI Be Used To Suppress Votes?
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The Dream of Acting with Impunity
In thinking he can act with total impunity, Trump echoes H.G. Wells’s Invisible Man.
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Truth in ’24, a Pearl of Great Price
Biden called for truth telling in a recent speech, reminding me of Cowper’s “The Task.”
Trump, “Vermin” and Terry Pratchett
In “Snuff” one of Terry Pratchett’s angriest book, the author takes on racism, ethnocentrism, and intolerance.
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Nikki Haley, a Minor Character in 1984
Nikki Haley reminds one of Tom Parsons in “1984.” Also of one of T.S. Eliot’s hollow men.
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Sebald’s “Austerlitz” and Fascism’s Rise
Sebald’s novel “Austerlitz” provides insights to fascism than anticipate Trump.
The Left Wants to Cancel Orwell? Nope
MAGA fans of 1984 are now accusing leftists of canceling Orwell. Which is not true.
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Does Hamlet Speak for Generation Z?
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