Last time, we looked at the three-part structure of the Divided America complex: Winner-Take-All electoral machinery creating the two-party political landscape; partisan media using that duopolistic scaffolding to inflate their culture war balloons; and an economically desperate public willing to imbibe this us-versus-them story because it makes some narrative sense of why things have gone so horribly wrong. At the end of that piece, I … Continue reading Stories of Dreams
The recent events in Charlottesville, and President Trump’s seesawing responses to them, have once again thrown the issue of a divided country into high relief. As the usual tale goes, there is a Liberal America that yearns for an expanding sphere of acceptance, empowerment, and opportunity, with a full embrace of a diverse, multi-voiced future. On the other side, Conservative America desires a rebirth of … Continue reading America Divided
Well, 2017 seems like the right time to launch a new blog, so here it is. Hopefully we’ll cover stuff like this: politics, economics, the future of work, popular culture, social collapse, sports, and maybe a bunch of pictures of my lunches and my feet, with the ocean in the background. So many possibilities. Stay tuned to be riveted. Continue reading Launching Entropolitan
