I’ve written about the Luigi Mangione case before. But this post isn’t really about him. And it certainly isn’t about taking the side of Luigi or the CEO who was killed. This is something different. This is about what this case says about us. Let me start with something that shouldn’t even have to beContinue reading “Luigi Is a Test”
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The Populist Costume: How Luigi Mangione and Donald Trump Wear the Same Disguise
There is a peculiar kind of American theater that plays out whenever a rich person convinces enough people that they are, in fact, one of the little guys, and nowhere has that theater been performed with more success in the last decade than in the cases of Donald Trump and Luigi Mangione. On the surfaceContinue reading “The Populist Costume: How Luigi Mangione and Donald Trump Wear the Same Disguise”