You can’t spend years arguing that America is an irredeemable, colonial crime with no moral right to exist, then pivot at the 250th anniversary and try to out-patriot everyone. You can criticize a country, but you can’t declare it illegitimate and then suddenly claim ownership of it.
In the U.S., patriotism isn’t a civic philosophy. It’s pageantry. Flags, anthems, slogans, costumes. People don’t react to your beliefs so much as whether they think you’re sincere or performing. The posture matters more than the content.
Populist nationalism isn’t a rising ideology. It’s what cultures do when negotiation feels pointless. It’s not building a future—it’s staging a last act. Pro-family, anti-globalist, ruggedly individualist, and intentionally disruptive. Spectacle over solutions.
America is basically NOT 1930s Germany
When people say “America is 1930s Germany” and add “I have a PhD, it’s true,” it still isn’t. No hyperinflation. No Versailles boot. No defeat. The U.S. is the richest global hegemon in history, with worldwide bases, no ethnostate, and a plural society. The claim collapses on contact with reality.
I wonder if these help Trump in the polls. They are very funny and just like him.
Trump Christmas Address Cold Open - SNL youtube.com/watch
I still haven’t gotten over DCA becoming Reagan National. It’s always just National Airport to me. I’ve never called it Reagan airport. Except just then. Drats!
It’s like training to develop grit and resilience in order to exorcize gullibility and escape one’s victim mentality with independence and strength. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc…
The Lost Generation www.compactmag.com/article/t…
No Kings didn’t hit because it was petit-bourgeois protest theater. Symbolic, safe, and ignorable. Power only listens when dissent carries risk and disrupts the machine.
