![]() ![]() Matching the right in this fashion does not mean adopting its values. If they are to engage with this Barnum-like politics, leftists must learn how to communicate in today’s “vernacular of the spectacular,” invoking symbol and emotion themselves, as well as truth. ![]() Open fascists are described as “good people,” physical attacks on journalists are lauded in front of cheering crowds. A powerful Supreme Court nominee is reduced to tears by accusations from a woman who has been sexually assaulted. ![]() Troops are dispatched to counter a fictional threat from convoys of helpless refugees. Abandoning logic and truth, the Fabulist in Chief conjures up spectacle to energize his base. Donald Trump’s presidency has shown how this is done, albeit to ends that are deplorable. They must also deploy drama in the battle of ideas. Dream or Nightmare is a book of left wing strategy like no other: It proposes that, to compete with the right, progressives cannot depend on reason and hard fact. ![]()
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