Culture

About the Trump Victory

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Donald Trump will be our president for the next four years. We are living through unprecedented times. It’s hard not to see this as a huge protest vote—with several sometimes competing things being protested. The effects of globalization. Job insecurity. Alienation from others and anxiety about the future. Anxiety about rapid and continuous cultural change. Anger over elite privilege. The list goes on. I doubt if Donald Trump is going to change anything in a direction that fixes those problems. The fact that Elon Musk loves him, and Jeff Bezos is willing to play ball with him by shutting down the Washington Post editorial board says that he’s ultimately very friendly to large corporations. The stock market is going up.

“Pints with Plato” Sessions Start Up in January

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Starting one month from now, Dr. Laurie Johnson be going live on first Thursday evenings (7 p.m. Central Time) for “Pints With Plato” (which won’t just be about Plato–it’s just that he’s one of her favorite political philosophers). You can see a full description and sign up for any single session on Eventbrite for a donation, and soon we’ll also have some subscription choices on Patreon for those who want access to all these as well as seminars and series from Laurie and other co-founders of the Maurin Academy, like Spencer, Jakob and Bryant, all of whom have appeared on Laurie’s YouTube channel. Spencer is also co-host of our Dustbowl Diatribes podcast. We’ll also have a newsletter to tell you about upcoming events! My first “Pints with Plato” is on Thursday, January 5! More to come!