http://teodesian.net//posts/ad97b097-13f4-11ec-bdd7-fc609ef147bb?format=xml teodesian.net : /posts/ad97b097-13f4-11ec-bdd7-fc609ef147bb en 2026-05-01T02:51:44 2026-05-01T02:51:44 /favicon.ico http://teodesian.net 32 32 teodesian.net favicon http://teodesian.net/posts/ad97b097-13f4-11ec-bdd7-fc609ef147bb ...in many cases, probably most, the flamboyant denunciations of Trump by establishment figures make no sense except as self-aggrandizing pretense, because those condemning him have long tolerated if not outright advocated very similar ideas, albeit with less rhetorical candor. Trump is self-evidently a toxic authoritarian demagogue advocating morally monstrous positions, but in most cases where elite outrage is being vented, he is merely a natural extension of the mainstream rhetorical and policy framework that has been laid, not some radical departure from it. He’s their id. DING DING DING we have a winner]]> doge http://teodesian.net/posts/ad97b097-13f4-11ec-bdd7-fc609ef147bb 2016-03-05T09:37:43 http://teodesian.net/posts/1457170663 ...in many cases, probably most, the flamboyant denunciations of Trump by establishment figures make no sense except as self-aggrandizing pretense, because those condemning him have long tolerated if not outright advocated very similar ideas, albeit with less rhetorical candor. Trump is self-evidently a toxic authoritarian demagogue advocating morally monstrous positions, but in most cases where elite outrage is being vented, he is merely a natural extension of the mainstream rhetorical and policy framework that has been laid, not some radical departure from it. He’s their id. DING DING DING we have a winner]]> doge http://teodesian.net/posts/1457170663 2016-03-05T09:37:43