1. Someone should re-read Jean Baudrillard's "The Gulf War Did Not Take Place" in light of Trump's Syrian adventure.
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4. I'm all for historical analogies & explanations of Trumpism, but there's also a need to situate in our period, in post-modernity.
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5. Trump belongs to the world of "reality TV," of Fox News & InfoWars, of simulacra displacing reality. He's a master of this realm.
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& didn't get the title: it's a riff on Jean Giraudoux's play, The Trojan War Will not Take Place. Not well-known here, but a classic in
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Jarhead nods at this too, while acknowledging even postmodern wars grind down their soldiers
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Get out of here, STALKER.
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Bill
#Clinton also mastered this art of the "virtual military response," did he not?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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And the cruise missile, as I recall, was President
#Clinton's virtual weapon of choice.#Trump#airstrikesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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what is truth? what is reality? for most purposes, what 'everyone' thinks they are. since rise of mass media, a fantastic kaleidoscope
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