Status Updates From Fascism or Genocide: How a ...

On page 37, Barkan notes the online nature of the Republican talking points and how bizarre they would seem to the median voter. However, I'd argue that "online" had very much become a real place by 2024 and this also assumes that the median voter has a stable political identity. However, the comparison of Trump to Warhol in regard to image-making is apt.

Not without some interesting insights but this book is unfocused and would have been more effective as a collection of essays. Regardless of that fact, it is poorly argued and reductive. Don’t let the title catfish you the way it did me.