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24 Sep, 6 tweets, 2 min read
In 2013 we were warned that America loves losers. ozy.com/news-and-polit…
The anti hero is more entertaining than the hero because he continually fails without remorse or care for consequences. examples.yourdictionary.com/what-makes-som…
Villains become heroes. Knowing full well their ends will be tragic. America can’t get enough of this. justinkownacki.com/why-we-replace…
Trump and his colorful cast of criminal and incompetent minions are the result of this American obsession with loser as hero. vox.com/culture/222335…
“Anti-heroes can be annoying, pathetic or just damaged, but they all share one characteristic: they have failed in some significant way in their past.” autocrit.com/blog/path-anti…
The good news is the end of an anti hero is pretty easy to predict. writing.stackexchange.com/questions/2076…

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