In the article below, the author contends that Trump’s narrative has become hegemonic, leaving little space for counter narratives. But this strikes me as overdrawn and one sided. Popular understanding and politics are more complicated and contradictory than what the author suggests. In fact, what is surprising about this moment, to me anyway, isn’t the assault on truth, but the scale and depth of the resistance to this assault by a far flung coalition of people, organizations, and media outlets.
https://eand.co/how-capitalism-made-america-the-worlds-dumbest-country-ed33f15d1100
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Sam Webb
I'm a long-time socialist and activist, but new to the blogging world. I hope to bring a different perspective on politics, sports, culture, and Marxism. Besides blogging, I also leave plenty of time for swimming, hiking, ESPN, music, reading, drinking good beer, and, not least, my family and friends. I wish I could play basketball, but my knees ruled out that possibility long ago.
While I currently reside in New York, my politically formative years were spent in Portland, Me. and Detroit during the 1970s and 1980s. I graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia (where I played basketball) and received a MA in economics from the University of Connecticut.
I was the national chairperson of the Communist Party, USA from 2000 until 2014 when I stepped down at the convention. In 2016 I resigned from the Communist Party two years later. We were no longer on the same page.
