"Instead of consolidating power before plundering the state, Trump has reversed the sequence, imposing massive tariffs that raise prices on ordinary Americans, flaunting foreign wealth, and enriching his inner circle at public expense. Frum speculates that by impoverishing the public before securing control, Trump is exposing himself to serious political risks and that Americans must resist the temptation to be passive, hopeless spectators."
"Then Frum speaks with the historian Geoffrey Kabaservice about political violence, the assassinations and upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s, and what those episodes teach us about the threats facing America today. They revisit the murders that reshaped the era, consider how violence changed the course of politics, and draw out the parallels and differences between then and now: from polarization to technology to the shifting role of institutions."
President Donald Trump has imposed massive tariffs, raised prices on ordinary Americans, flaunted foreign wealth, and enriched his inner circle at public expense. Reversing the typical sequence of consolidating power before plundering the state risks impoverishing the public before securing control, creating serious political vulnerabilities and encouraging public resistance. Assassinations and upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s are revisited to identify how violence reshaped politics and to draw parallels and differences with the present, including polarization, evolving technology, and shifting institutional roles. Wuthering Heights receives reflection on its enduring power and dark insights into human nature.
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