French philosopher Jean Baudrillard nearly 40 years ago gave us the insights we need to understand today’s Trumpery. (See Peter Hulm’s companion article on Hillbilly Elegy) If French philosopher Roland Barthes was the Charlie Chaplin of postmodernism, Baudrillard was its Buster Keaton. The “French theory” scholar Sylvère Lotringer reminds us that Baudrillard became famous in … Continue reading Trump’s followers: same as they ever were