processnotes
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Paraphrasing Thaddeus Russell, one of the 'renegade historians' of our times:
"Apart from encouraging an overtly exhibitionistic display of their sexual and personal life,
a significant part of the American Middle Class were raised to value puritanical traits and a protestant unsympathetic and judgmental 'work' ethic and mentality.
And Trump became popular (only in the beginning, of course) with the American Working Class and most Immigrants for reasons other than "racism". They liked him because he went against the sterile and judgmental conventionalism of some of the American Middle Class, and was unashamed to be himself. Just like all those rap stars or icons of American Pop culture."
I'm not implying that American or British culture are worse than others. Quite the opposite in fact, as far as Americans are concerned. And most countries admire American exceptionalism and American pop culture.
But am I the only one who resonates with these particular views? Or was T.R. fundamentally wrong?
"Apart from encouraging an overtly exhibitionistic display of their sexual and personal life,
a significant part of the American Middle Class were raised to value puritanical traits and a protestant unsympathetic and judgmental 'work' ethic and mentality.
And Trump became popular (only in the beginning, of course) with the American Working Class and most Immigrants for reasons other than "racism". They liked him because he went against the sterile and judgmental conventionalism of some of the American Middle Class, and was unashamed to be himself. Just like all those rap stars or icons of American Pop culture."
I'm not implying that American or British culture are worse than others. Quite the opposite in fact, as far as Americans are concerned. And most countries admire American exceptionalism and American pop culture.
But am I the only one who resonates with these particular views? Or was T.R. fundamentally wrong?
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I had no idea. **
