Interesting and insightful, but also clueless in parts.
Trumpism, even as Trump’s personal influence fades, will persist as a movement that channels the existential fears of a civilization in freefall, longing for a return to integrity and self-expression. The power of the archetype lies in its resonance with a people alienated by the deep state – Trump articulates their despair, even as his achievements remain modest. His role is to act as the last expression of Western vitality, not to reverse the downward spiral but to embody the final brave spirit of a people grasping for survival in a world disintegrating into frenzied insanity. Spengler leaves no room for optimism about the material success of such figures, yet the archetype persists, drawing its strength from the same impulses that herald the end of the West’s historical cycle.
The biggest element in what makes Trump who he is, has been the power of the REEEEEEEEEEEEEaction against him. And he plays them like a master angler plays a fish.
He may have "articulated despair" of the "people grasping for survival" etc., but what really gives him momentum is that the haters just can't stop talking about him.
His ability to draw, and endure, the fire of his legions of enemies, is what makes him the incredible leader and figure he is.
It doesn't say what archetype the writer thinks he is, he is the superhero archetype. The oldest one there is. Hercules, Thoth, Bellerohon, Beowulf, and now we have Batman.
Interesting and insightful, but also clueless in parts.
THAT, imho, is a paragraph full of BS.
I agree
u/#correct
Agree.
The biggest element in what makes Trump who he is, has been the power of the REEEEEEEEEEEEEaction against him. And he plays them like a master angler plays a fish.
He may have "articulated despair" of the "people grasping for survival" etc., but what really gives him momentum is that the haters just can't stop talking about him.
His ability to draw, and endure, the fire of his legions of enemies, is what makes him the incredible leader and figure he is.
It doesn't say what archetype the writer thinks he is, he is the superhero archetype. The oldest one there is. Hercules, Thoth, Bellerohon, Beowulf, and now we have Batman.