As we watch Donald Trump flailing from his perch, denying reality, and crying sabotage, I have been thinking a lot about Walter Benjamin.
In The Origin of German Tragic Drama, Benjamin reminds us that people are loyal to the accoutrements of power, not to the person who wields them. And in our current political moment, this seems like both a relief and …
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