Thaum kawg kuv xav tias kuv tau nkag siab tias vim li cas peb thiaj li obsessed nrog zombies.
Cov ntaub ntawv pov tseg, cov rustling nyob rau hauv cov nroj tsuag, cov vaporous apparitions pom los ntawm Pocatello mus rau lub pas dej Wobegone, cov dab tub rog ntawm admirersโฆ peb twb forewarned tias nws rov qab tab sis ua tsis tau tejyam.
Hnub Halloween ua ntej lub tsev qiv ntawv "Tshiab" Nixon tau pib tshaj tawm cov ntawv xov xwm kim tshaj tawm, caw peb "sov pom yuav ua li cas Richard Nixon cov keeb kwm txuas ntxiv txhim kho peb lub ntiaj teb." Nws yog tus phab ej, cov lus tshaj tawm, uas "tiv thaiv ib puag ncig ... desegregated tsev kawm ntawv, xaus Tsov Rog Nyab Laj." "Yuav daim pib tam sim no," Lub Tsev Qiv Ntawv yaum kom.
Yuav luag 60 lab ntawm peb cov pej xeem muaj. Qee tus tau sawv hauv kab rau ntau xyoo, tsis txaus siab los ntawm Reagan thiab Bush xyoo, tos rau kev ua pauj kua zaub ntsuab uas txias dua thiab lim hiam. Lwm tus - tub ceev xwm, tub rog, lwm tus thawj tswj hwm, cov tub hluas, thiab cov txiv ib txwm xav - xav kom lub Hnyav Hlau Heel qub uas yuav khaws cov xim thiab cov poj niam hauv kab.
Tab sis tragically, ntau, cem thiab thuam los ntawm cov Democratic thiab Republican cov neeg tseem ceeb, tsuas yog xav paub txog dab tsi nyob hauv Pandora's Box los yog, zoo dua, Nixon lub qhov ntxa. Thaum kawg lawv yuav pom, zoo li cov lus dab neeg "cov kaus mom tawv" ntawm xyoo 1970s, qhov kev ntseeg dawb yog qhov kawg ntawm cov tshuaj lom rau Heartland, tsis yog Viagra rau lub Hoobkas haus luam yeeb.
Yog tias Trumpism zoo li improvised dhau lawm thiab ntxhib ntawm cov npoo los ua tus avatar tiag tiag ntawm Nixon pawg, kuv caw koj nyeem cov ntawv sau ntawm Pat Buchanan. Tau 40 xyoo nws tau mob siab rau coj Nixon - lossis nws tus kheej lub tswv yim ntawm qhov tseem ceeb Nixon (sans Kissinger) - rov qab mus rau lub neej hauv kev xaiv nom tswv raws li nativism, kev lag luam hauv teb chaws, thiab neo-kev cais tawm.
Nws tus kheej sim rau Republican kev xaiv tsa hauv xyoo 1990s tau rov ua dua qhov ua rau muaj kev txaus siab ntawm Southern racism thiab Midwestern anti-Semitism, tab sis nws qhov kev loj hlob dhau mus rau cov neoconservatives nyob ib ncig ntawm Bush dynasty.
Los ntawm qhov kev xav ntawm kev xaiv tsa xyoo 2008, Buchanan qhov kev xav rau lub hnub nyoog kub thaum nws yog Nixon tus kws sau lus, ua haujlwm nrog Daniel Moynihan thiab Kevin Philips los hloov qhov kev tawm tsam dawb rau hauv "feem ntau cov koom pheej tshiab," zoo li me ntsis ntau dua li lub suab quaj los ntawm cov tsev rau cov laus cov tshuaj tiv thaiv. Txawm tias tsis meej pem - yam tsawg kawg rau ib tug neeg nyob rau hauv 90 xyoo - yog nws ceaseless invocation ntawm "America First": lub slogan ntawm lub isolationist zog ntawm 1939-41 uas luv luv united pacifists thiab socialists zoo li Norman Thomas nrog qhib admirers ntawm lub Nazi tsoom fwv xws li Charles Lindbergh.
Txawm li cas los xij, cov lus piav qhia qub uas Buchanan curates, nrog rau dab ntxwg nyoog Nixon nws conjures los ntawm qhov tsaus ntuj, dheev dhau los ua cov ntawv haunted ntawm kev ntxhov siab loj tshaj plaws hauv keeb kwm Asmeskas. Txawm hais tias Trump tau ua tib zoo kawm nws tus kheej ntawm Buchanan lub hauv caug lossis tsuas yog spontaneously vibrates ntawm tib zaus, qhov sib txawv ntawm cov tswv yim txawv txawv.
"Dab tsi yog Trump tau ua?" Buchanan blog nug hnub Monday. "Trump tsis tau tsim lub zog uas txhawb nqa nws qhov kev xaiv tsa. Tab sis nws tau lees paub lawv, coj mus rau hauv lawv, thiab ua rau muaj kev tawm tsam ntawm kev ntseeg thiab kev coj noj coj ua uas yuav tsis ploj sai sai. " Lub Koom Haum Republican? "Lub [Bush] dynasty tuag zoo li Romanovs."
Kuj tuag, hais tias Buchanan, yog cov qauv kev cai ntawm kev ywj pheej. Trump, nws tau lees paub, dag, dog-xws li, thiab thugged nws txoj kev mus rau kev xaiv tsa thiab tam sim no mus rau tus thawj tswj hwm. โVim li cas? nug ib qho kev ceeb toom. Vim li cas, txawm hais tias tag nrho qhov no, Trump txoj kev txhawb nqa puas tau ua tiav? Vim li cas cov neeg Amelikas tsis hnov โโโโlus zoo li lawv ib zaug yuav muaj?โฆ Teb. Peb yog lwm lub tebchaws, peb-lossis-lawv lub tebchaws. "
"Peb-lossis-lawv" lub tebchaws, ntawm chav kawm, yog ib txwm ua av rau fascism. Punditry dag nws tus kheej tias Trump cov tswv yim thiab cov tswv yim tsis sib haum xeeb thiab yog li tsis yog qhov hnyav rau txoj cai. Tab sis lawv ua qhov zoo tshaj plaws thiab txaus ntshai heev hauv cov lus ntawm Buchanan's Nixonland. Qhov kev tawm tsam yuav tsum tau nyeem tus thawj.
Daim ntawv qhia tus kheej: Hmo ua tsov ua rog tau tshaj tawm rau peb cov ntxhais. kuv muaj ob. Casey (13) tsis tau quaj txij thaum nws tseem yog menyuam yaus tab sis nws quaj iab thiab inconsolably. Roisin (mus ib txhis 29) tau siv sijhawm yav tsaus ntuj sab nraum Trump tog hauv Manhattan nrog qee tus neeg sau xov xwm Irish dazed. Nws tau hu rau 2 teev sawv ntxov, tawm tsam piav qhia qhov nws nyuam qhuav pom.
Deja vu. Hmo ua ntej kev xaiv tsa xyoo 1972 tus hluas nkauj thiab kuv tau tswj hwm los ntawm Nixon kev sib tw zaum kawg, kev nyiam Nuremburg zoo li ntawm Ontario, California, tshav dav hlau. Peb hu nkauj "Ho, Ho Chi Minh" ob peb zaug thaum cov Reagans thiab Nixons taug kev hauv cov ntaub pua plag liab. Tau kawg peb tau tam sim ntawd pummeled thiab tossed ntawm peb duffs.
Dab tsi tau haunted kuv txij li thaum, txawm li cas los xij, tsis yog kev npau taws thiab kev ntxub ntxaug - uas peb txhua tus tau ntsib ntau zaus ua ntej - tab sis qhov kev ntxub ntxaug ntawm cov neeg mob ua ntej lawv deities. Nws ua rau kuv nco txog ib qho kev piav qhia uas kuv tau nyeem ib zaug ntawm kev xav ntawm cov phooj ywg-xav tau ntxias hauv cov neeg cannibals thaum lawv noj mov ua ke ntawm lawv cov yeeb ncuab: uas yog hais, peb.
Mike Davis yog ib tug kws tshaj lij nyob rau hauv Department of Creative Writing ntawm University of California, Riverside, thiab tus editor ntawm lub Tshiab Left Review. Tus kws tshawb fawb hauv nroog, keeb kwm, thiab tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv zej zog, Davis yog tus sau Lub Nroog Quartz: Excavating Yav Tom Ntej hauv Los Angeles, Ntiaj Teb ntawm Slums, thiab Nyob rau hauv Qhuas ntawm Barbarians: Essays tawm tsam Empire.
ZNetwork tau txais nyiaj tsuas yog los ntawm kev ua siab zoo ntawm nws cov neeg nyeem.
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