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A good read. My corner of the world has the other kind of Trump supporters -- the hedge fund owners and defense contractors ("America can't go to war without us!"), the real estate agents who talk about "good schools," mortgage lenders and redlining, and a high school that was accused of "ideological incest committed by Leftists" for planning a seminar day on race (on that last part, among the loudest objectors was one Betsy Hart, writer for the Heritage Foundation). So, while I don't see all the Trump swag on my morning runs, I know they're in there, writing the checks and wiring the funds to provide the financial structure that helps keep this machine going.

"The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house." Audra Lorde.

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And yet the political system (Trump notwithstanding) continues to operate largely as if this is not the case. Ethan Porter makes some interesting arguments about how the government can make the consumer mindset work to its advantage in his book "The Consumer Citizen." I'd love to see the two of you do a Q&A. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-consumer-citizen-9780197526798?lang=en&cc=us

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