The "Fake Politics" that Donald Trump embodied is coming to an end . . . the lie, told to average White Americans and dissidents alike, that we held power and were defeating our enemies through the antics of this buffoon is slowly being revealed for what it always was.
Now is the time for both meta-politics and real-politics. By meta-politics I mean what we believe and how we understand the world. This effort was largely squashed during the Trump episode.
Critical inquiry was silenced out of feat that we might be undermining Trump's agenda, the joys of "lib owning," and "the plan," which was taking place in secret.
Real politics must also begin in the sense of discerning what we can actually accomplish, in our limited capacity, from the political system as it is.
Under Trump, "populist" policies were discussed only in the frame of the GOP "winning the working class." I'm not interested in giving electoral advice to moribund conservatives—particularly advice they don't have the ears to hear.
There are real questions to address regarding how working- and middle-class Whites can benefit from an era of Democratic hegemony. Yes, there will be tons of "woke" garage, but Medicare for All, UBI, etc. are in the air, and they will likely become policies within the decade.
Trump's exit is the chance for a new beginning. I embrace it. I hope others will, too.
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