Trump supporters may get a Mack the Knife thrill from watching their criminal leader perform.
Tag Archives: Richard Slotkin
Mackie, Trump, and Sadistic Thrills
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America’s Political Violence Problem
Some see Trump as a “stochastic terrorism,” inciting others to violence. Cormac McCarthy may understand as well as anyone what’s going on.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy, Donald Trump, Gunfighter Nation, January 6, Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove, Regeneration through Violence, stochastic terrorism, violence Comments closed
MAGA & Regeneration thru Violence
MAGA’s increasingly violent rhetoric fits a long American tradition of regeneration through violence.
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Trumpism and the Violence Myth
Slotkin says that “the” American myth is regeneration through violence. That myth can be seen in the Western, including in “Lonesome Dove” and “Blood Meridian.”
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Can a Dream Hold Us Together?
In “Midnight’s Children,” Rushdie shows the forces destroying India’s dream of national unity. Americans will find it familiar.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Constitution, Declaration of Independence, founding fathers, Gunfighter Nation, Midnight's Children, Regeneration through Violence, Salman Rushdie Comments closed
