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NYTimes: This Idea Explains a Lot About What Has Happened in Trump 2.0

This Idea Explains a Lot About What Has Happened

The idea’s intellectual history begins with the political philosopher James Burnham, who argued in his seminal 1941 book, “The Managerial Revolution,” that the aristocratic capitalist class was in the process of being overthrown by a revolution — just not, as the Marxists predicted, by the working class.
 Revolution,” that the aristocratic capitalist class was in the process of being overthrown by a revolution — just not, as the Marxists predicted, by the working class. in Trump 2.0   

***** NYTimes.com: The Democrats’ Problems Are Bigger Than You Think

From The New York Times:

The Democrats’ Problems Are Bigger Than You Think

If you’re thinking the Democrats’ job now is to come up with some new policies that appeal to the working class, you are thinking too small.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/opinion/democrats-trump-winning.html?smid=em-share 

*** Chartbook 388: Trump v. Musk – Alien v. Predator or “death march” into a political vacuum?

Chartbook 388: Trump v. Musk – Alien v. Predator or “death march” into a political vacuum?

 

https://open.substack.com/pub/adamtooze/p/chartbook-388-trump-v-musk-alien?r=3azmy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

******* $$$$$ Every Election Is Now Existential

“We do not seem to be returning to a world in which the center left and the center right compete over tax rates or budgets,” @anneapplebaum writes. “Policy arguments just don’t matter as much to people right now as these deeper cultural divides.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/existential-election-poland-nationalism/683051/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYcC8TE7o17srszeQj8GudWA&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social