When The Enemy Has No Face, Society

I Think A Reason That A Lot Of People Feel Politically Paralysed Is That It Used To Be Clear How Power Was Organised. But Those Who Have Their Hands On The Levers Of Popular Culture Today Have Great Power - And It Isn't Even Clear Who They Are.

We Think Of A Feminist As Someone A Woman Becomes In Reaction To Personal Indignities And Social Injustices. But The Truth Is, Such Inequities Only Awaken Her To The Feminist She Has Always Fundamentally Been - That Is, A Person Who Understands That Her First Responsibility Is To Her Own Humanity. That's Why, For My Money, The First Known Use Of The Word 'feminist' Is Still The Best, Appearing In An 1895 Book Review: A Woman Who 'has In Her The Capacity Of Fighting Her Way Back To Independence.

The Economic Victims Of The Era Are Men Who Who Know Someone Has Made Off With Their Future- And They Suspect The Thief Is A Woman.

Instead Of Confronting Its Real And Difficult Problems And Grappling Honestly With A Dark Past, Hungary Embraced A Reactionary Government And A Self-pitying Image Of Itself As The Victimized Nation, And Went Looking For Scapegoats In The Roma, Jews, And, Most Recently, Syrian Migrants.

Trump's "make America Great Again" Program Trumpets A National Identity Built On Scapegoating, Self-pity And Grandiosity, And The Promise Of A Strongman.