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On Freedom: Where Trumpism Meets the Radical Left
Political Philosophy in an Age of Uncertainty and Anxiety
“Freedom is not less endangered if attacked in the name of anti-Fascism than in that of outright Fascism (…).” Erich Fromm
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Viktor Frankl
“Signal of an unscientific man: he takes an opinion for true, if it flatters him and makes him look good.” Friedrich Nietzsche
Two authoritarians walked into the White House… And no, this is not the setup for a joke. This was reality unfolding before our eyes. Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele discussed an arrangement wherein the former would make people disappear into a foreign prison. And before the press came in, while a live feed was running, , “Homegrowns are next. You’re gonna need to build five more places.”
The reaction in the Oval Office: laughter.
During a speech at the National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner, Donald Trump gleefully mocked the countries on whom he had slapped tariffs: “, they are dying to make a deal” A one-liner that, besides the crude narcissism, succinctly…
