In this book, “Achieving Our Country,” Mr. Rorty predicted an electoral shift that would leave an opening for a Trump-like figure to emerge as a savior.
This is an excellent article explaining how the United States has arrived at its current situation. I particularly like this quote: “Nobody is setting up a program in unemployed studies, homeless studies, or trailer-park studies,” he wrote, “because the unemployed, the homeless, and the residents of trailer parks are not ‘other’ in the relevant sense."
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