February 24, 2016

Always Closer to a Satire

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A few weeks ago I posted on Facebook that I was seriously terrified that Trump had a real chance to win, and mentioned the history of Fascism in the twentieth century as a corollary to this fear. Then I had a few weeks of not really believing it was possible. It seemed too much like my worst fears come true, or even more improbably: a satire of my worst fears coming true. But now, once again, it seems to me that this satire is becoming more and more likely. The worst is always closer to a satire of the worst, which I suppose is what makes it so utterly terrifying.



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