Perhaps the most consequential election in US history will be taking place on 5 November, and its outcome is anyone's guess. Although, if we are being honest, we already know what comes next.
Listen to this article 16 min Listen to this article 16 min 'Conventional wisdom suggests that the United States has already reached its peak," writes the philosopher Bruno Maçães. "But what if it is only now starting to forge its own path forward? What if American history is only just beginning?"
In his book History Has Begun: The Birth of a New America, Maçães suggests that the US, despite its centuries-long fun ride, is only now decoupling from its origins as a colonial imperial outpost of someone else's empire. It is only now forging its own political vocabulary, and only now is American Republicanism listening to the reverberations of its soul.
And what it hears is that democracy and hypertuned capitalism are not necessarily compatible. What it hears is that democracy is not particularly necessary.
Madison Square Goblins
Anyway, I had this quote in mind when I watched the Trump campaign parade the surgically modified end of the MAGA movement at New York City's Madison Square Garden on Sunday, 27 October. As the wild, weird 2024 US election marathon rounded into its final sprint, AmeriKKKa Inc showcased a wilful, puerile middle finger raised to good manners, good taste and the...
