Aaron, Henry, 24
ACA, GOP attacks on, 170, 177–81, 182, 195
administrations: Bush-Cheney, 70, 167, 221, 295; Clinton, 272–73, 279–81; Obama, 57, 221–22, 233, 271, 273, 280–81
Affordable Care Act. See ACA
African Americans: as disposable, 16, 55, 151, 189, 190–93, 270, 297; enslavement, 54, 149, 158, 293; incarceration, 163, 168–69; Jeff Sessions’ racism toward, 226–30, 246; racial profiling, 135, 184, 226, 292; Trump’s racism toward, 28, 54–55, 84, 91; violence toward, 28, 41–42, 151, 205, 212
al-Adam, Munir, 244
Alexander, Michelle, 284
alt-right, 50, 102–3, 150, 261. See also white supremacy
America, as dystopian, 16–17, 31, 67, 92, 261–62
“America First” (movement), 125
“America First” (phrase), 71–72, 95, 158, 224. See also coded words/phrases; language
The American Prospect (Anderson, T.), 314
amnesia, historical. See historical memory
The Anatomy of Fascism (Paxton), 89
Anderson, Carol, 259
Anderson, Jon Lee, 197
Anderson, Theo, 314
Appadurai, Arjun, 259
Arendt, Hannah, on totalitarianism, 11, 25, 61, 63, 65, 88–89, 90, 106, 110, 115, 120, 146
Arnn, Larry, 102
Aronowitz, Stanley, 318
authoritarianism, 31, 53, 84, 88, 106–7, 182; cruelty under, 111, 163–64; democracy vs., 40, 89, 105, 256–58; historical memory vs., 51–52, 63–64, 67–69, 81; impact of, 19, 42–43, 62, 65, 67, 118, 166, 211, 271; neoliberalism and, 118, 210; opposing, 26, 106, 297, 305–13; violence and, 212–15
authoritarian states, 258
Bacevich, Andrew, 277
Bains, Chiraag, 163
Baker, Gerard, 96
Baker, Peter, 74
Ballen, Roger (The Stare), 62
Bannon, Steve: attacks on media, 81–82; and DACA, 203–4; pre-election strategist, 103, 153, 242–43; Whitehouse advisor, 30, 37, 39, 57, 87, 230–31
Bauman, Zygmunt, 138, 182, 186, 255
Beirich, Heidi, 226
Benda, Vaclav, 310
Berkowitz, Roger, 38
Berlant, Lauren, 198
Berman, Ari, 227
Biehl, João, 192
Black Lives Matter, 106, 142, 148, 226, 236, 288
Black Panther Party, 287
blacks/black people. See African Americans
Borosage, Robert L., 81
Brave New World (Huxley), 78
Breitbart News, 52, 73, 86, 153, 165; Steve Bannon head of, 231
Brenner, Michael, 125
Brinkley, Douglas, 92
Britain First, 239
Broder, David, 270
Bruce, Sasha, 227
bullying: culture of, 151, 152–54, 162; Trump’s use of, 29–30, 60, 97, 100, 121–22, 149, 154–55, 261. See also coded words/phrases; language
Bush-Cheney administration, 70, 167, 221, 295
Butler, Judith, 194
capitalism: characteristics, 20, 118, 152; vs. democracy, 20, 187, 211–12, 303; expansion of free-market, 114–15, 270–71; “gangster” type, 43, 181–82, 189; political support for, 189–90, 260, 277, 279–81, 296; vs. public good, 40–41, 49, 76–77, 178–79, 192–93. See also neoliberalism
Case, Anne, 36
Castoriadis, Cornelius, 208
Chao, Elaine, 222
Charlottesville, VA: riots, 247–50, 252, 253, 265, 270; Trump’s response to, 231, 251, 266
Cheyfitz, Eric, 277
children/youth: criminal justice system and, 45–46, 163; cuts to programs affecting, 48–49, 158–60, 163, 169–70, 174–75
Christian, Jeremy Joseph, 28
civic culture, 33–34, 67, 81, 211, 307
Clement, Catherine, 294
Clinton administration, economic-political policies under, 272–73, 279–81
Clinton, Hillary, 34, 39, 134, 300; vitriol against, 154–55
coded words/phrases: alt-right/right-wing, 148, 150, 162, 223; “America First”, 71–72, 158, 224; “economic prosperity”, 164; “law and order”, 158, 193, 219, 226; “Making/Make America Great Again”, 16, 23, 54, 149, 158, 224; “safe place”, 26–27; “white identity politics”, 102. See also bullying; language
Cohen, Richard, 231
Cohn, Marjorie, 220
Cole, Juan, 202
collective resistance, 57, 60, 61, 135, 156, 187, 296–300, 320–23; resources on, 314–15; vs. single-issue movements, 21, 284–85. See also “democracy in exile”; solidarity
collective rights, vs. individual rights, 254–55
Conti, Judy, 164
Cornel, Drucilla, 110
corporate capitalism. See capitalism; neoliberalism
corporate power. See capitalism; neoliberalism
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 173
Crary, Jonathan, 137
criminal justice system: children/youth and, 45–46, 47, 163; increasing cruelty of, 162, 168–69, 184
critical thought, 33, 50, 65, 149, 182, 209–10
cruelty, culture of, 157–61, 163–64, 166–67, 172–73; in criminal justice system, 162, 168–69, 184
Cruz, Carmen Yulín, 197
Cruz, Ted, 177
Culp-Ressler, Tara, 159
Cupic, Blasé, 53
DACA, 53, 180, 190, 193, 195, 201–2, 203–4
Dakota Access pipeline, 94, 148
Danner, Mark, 155
Deaton, Angus, 36
Debord, Guy, 146
deceit/lies: Trump’s use of, 33–35, 38–39, 60, 71–75, 99–102, 263–64; of White House staff, 66–67, 101–2
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. See DACA
demagogues/dictators, Trump’s support for, 119, 121–23, 125
democracy: vs. authoritarianism, 40, 89, 105, 136, 256–58; eroded belief in, 25–26, 138, 211–12; role of public education in, 315–16; undermining of, 221, 260, 263–67, 294–95
“democracy in exile”, 21–22, 33, 58, 300–301, 305–6, 308–12
Democratic Party: DACA and, 204; duplicity of, 269–71; failure of, 49, 276–78, 282–85; neoliberalism under, 272–76, 295, 317; pro-corporate authoritarianism of, 221–22
democratic socialism, 283, 285, 289, 298, 304, 313
Department of Justice. See U.S. Department of Justice
Derber, Charles, 318
DeVega, Chauncey, 225
DeVos, Betsy, 222
Dickerson, Caitlin, 196
dictators. See demagogues/dictators
digital culture, 141
disimagination machine, 30, 50, 67, 185, 296
disposability (of groups, races), 56, 76, 157–58, 182, 184–86, 190–95, 200–201, 209–10, 297. See also exclusion
dissent, suppression of, 50, 71, 72, 82–83, 88, 97, 235, 252, 265–66
Dixon, Brandon Victor, 237
domestic terrorism, 186–87, 251, 252
Donskis, Leonidas, 186
Doris, John, 144
“doublethink/doublespeak” (Orwell), 65–66; normalization of, 70–71, 92. See also coded words/phrases; language
Douglass, Frederick, 60, 119, 321
Dream Defenders, 106
Dreier, Peter, 110
Dunn, Susan, 71
Duterte, Rodrigo: support for/by Trump, 88, 121–22, 125, 126–29. See also The Philippines
dystopian society: America as, 16–17, 31, 67, 92, 151, 173; Huxley’s, 78
Edelman, Marian Wright, 174
education: as resistance, 31–32, 299, 301, 313–14. See also public education and schools
Egypt, authoritarian government of, 88
el-Sisi, Abdel Fattah, 122, 130–31, 258, 263
Engelhardt, Tom, 146
environmental protection, 41, 49, 71, 80, 94, 121, 172
Erdogan, Recep Tyyip, 122, 125, 130, 258. See also Turkey
Evans, Brad, 31–32, 163, 183, 185
Evans, Richard, 43
exclusion, 76, 181, 183, 192. See also disposability
Facebook, Trump’s use of, 242
“fake news”. See dissent, suppression of
Falk, Richard, 125
fascism: collaborators with, 123–24; definition of, 13, 89–90; different forms of, 116; emerging threat of, 83–84, 109–10, 223, 319; roots of, 24, 78–79, 133, 266–67; Trumpism as nascent, 37, 56, 112–13, 125, 221–22; violence and, 43–44
Finnegan, William, 203
Fire and Fury (Wolff), 37, 42–43, 85–86
Foa, Roberto Stefan, 25
Forrester, Karen, 284
Foster, John Bellamy, 110
Foucault, Michael, 19
Fox News, 73, 86, 92, 177, 239, 241, 319
Franco, Jean, 161
Franken, Al, 238
Frankl, Victor, 67
Fransen, Jayda, 239
Gallagher, Tom, 281
Gates, Bill, 84
Geiselberger, Heinrich, 257
Gertner, Nancy, 163
Gibbs, Lois Marie, 196
Gilroy, Paul, 293
Gitlin, Todd, 95
Goldberg, Michelle, 86
Goya, Francisco, 18
Graeber, David, 274
Graham, Lindsey, 240
Grosz, Stephen, 181
Guilford, Gwynn, 25
gun deaths: children and, 44–45, 127; mass shootings, 42, 44, 205, 208, 213
Hamilton, Lacino, 288
Hamilton (play), Pence’s presence at, 27, 237, 243
Handeyside, Hugh, 235
Hartung, William D., 232
Harvey, David, 284
Hasan, Mehdi, 99
Haspell, Gina, 80
hate crimes, 28, 151, 225–26, 251. See also racism; violence
Havel, Vaclav, 58
healthcare reform bills. See ACA
health insurance, cuts in, 164, 170, 174–75, 179, 180–81
Hearst, William Randolph, 125
Hedges, Chris, 110, 210, 275, 317
Heer, Jet, 110
Herbert, Bob, 134
higher education: assault on, 47–48, 68, 151. See also public education and schools
Hirschfield, Julie, 170
historical memory, 109, 123, 317; vs. authoritarianism, 51–52, 63–64, 67–69, 81; Huxley on, 81; lack of (amnesia), 103, 253, 279; Orwell on, 67–69; as resistance, 119, 291–94; Trump’s lack of, 119–20
Holder, Eric, 39
Holocaust Remembrance Day, 57, 68
Horowitz, David, 151
housing, low-income. See low-income housing
Huxley, Aldous: author of Brave New World, 64; dystopian society of, 78, 105; vs. George Orwell, 78, 107; historical memory and, 81
ignorance: manufactured, 50–51, 83, 149, 317; as violence, 30
immigration policies (Trump’s), 53, 56–57, 76, 204–5; Jeff Sessions’ support for, 227–28; and sanctuary cities, 81, 279, 307–9, 311–13
inaugural speech (Trump’s), 72, 92, 94
incarceration state, 121, 168–69
incivility, discourse of, 143–47
individual responsibility, vs. systemic problems, 190–91, 199
individual rights, vs. collective rights, 254–55
Ingraham, Christopher, 161
Instagram, Trump’s use of, 242
Institute of Museum and Library Sciences, 173
Jackson, Andrew, 18, 54, 116, 119, 149–50, 226
Jones, Chuck, 237
journalists: harassment/suppression of, 235; violence against, 127–28. See also dissent, suppression of; media
Justice Department. See U.S. Department of Justice
Kaczynski, Andrew, 228
Kadlec, Robert P., 198
Kaepernick, Colin, 265
Kagan, Robert, 110
Kaye, David, 127
Keller, Jared, 153
Kelly, John, 222
Kelly, Megyn, 241
Keystone XL pipeline, 94
Kim Jong-un, 75, 132. See also North Korea
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 21, 287
Klein, Naomi, 60
Krauthammer, Charles, 92
Kristof, Nicholas, 84
Kushner, Jared, 93
Lakoff, George, 314
Lalami, Laila, 178
language: Orwell on use of, 65–66, 70–71; as propaganda, 95; of resistance and hope, 61, 141– 42, 298–99, 301–3; Trump’s use of, 26–27, 69, 72–73, 95, 223. See also coded words/phrases
Latinos: DACA and, 53, 180, 190, 193, 195, 201–2, 203–4; disenfranchisement of, 192; Mexican wall, 80, 83, 94, 162, 175–76; racism toward, 70, 84
law enforcement: Trump’s politicization of, 219. See also police state; U.S. Department of Justice
Leonhardt, David, 219
Le Pen, Marine, 25, 123, 129–30
Lerner, Michael, 139, 314, 321
Lieu, Ted, 269
Llobera, Josep R., 211
low-income housing, cuts to, 170–71
Lustig, Jessica, 152
Maass, Peter, 120
Macron, Emmanuel, 25
manufactured ignorance, 50–51, 83, 149, 317; Brave New World and, 78–79, 81
Marantz, Andrew, 154
Marcus, Lucy, 33
Marías, Javier, 291
Mason, Paul, 258
mass protest movements. See collective resistance
mass shootings, 42, 44, 205, 208, 213. See also gun deaths
Mattis, James, 222
McCandless, Brit, 308
McChesney, Robert, 96
McMaster, H.R., 223
media: censorship/suppression of, 81–82, 120, 236, 319–20; critique of Trump by mainstream, 85; “fake news” and, 235–36; neoliberal use of, 50, 152; profit margin vs. public good, 93–94, 261; right-wing, 50, 86, 92, 100; self-censorship, 96–97; violence in, 207–8. See also journalists; social media
medical research, cuts to, 172
Mercer, Robert, 165
Mexicans. See Latinos
militarization, 18, 133, 183; increased spending for, 174– 77, 232–33, 234; of police, 135, 174, 192, 193, 230, 251; of U.S. culture, 217–18, 223–24, 229–30
Mishel, Lawrence, 164
Mitchell, W.J.T., 151
Mnuchin, Steven, 222
Modi, Narendra, 258
Montgomery, Lisa Kennedy, 177
Moonves, Les, 93
Moore, Roy, 239
Mounk, Yascha, 26
Mueller, Robert, 220
Mulvaney, Mick, 162
Muslims, racism against, 28, 37, 53, 56, 84, 91, 147, 225
narrative of reality, vs. facts, 37–39
National Endowment for the Arts, 172
National Endowment for the Humanities, 172
National Public Radio (NPR), 96
Native Americans: disenfranchisement of, 94; genocide of, 18, 54, 149, 158, 293; Navajo veterans, 150, 240
Neiwert, David, 91
neo-fascism, 91–92, 116–17. See also authoritarianism; fascism
neoliberalism, 76–77, 113–14, 160, 178–79; and authoritarianism, 118, 210; characteristics of, 138–40, 189–90; expansion of, 114–15, 272–76. See also capitalism
Nichols, John, 281
1984 (Orwell), 64
normalization, of Trumpism, 86–87, 92, 96–97, 100, 102–3, 112, 301; through media self-censorship, 96–97
North Korea: Trump’s bellicosity toward, 39, 42, 74–75, 132. See also Kim Jong-un
NPR. See National Public Radio
nutrition assistance, 159, 175
Obama administration, 233; economic-political policies under, 221–22, 273–74, 280–81; immigration policies, Trump’s reversal of, 57
Obama, Barack: DACA program under, 201–2; President-elect Trump and, 84; surveillance state under, 49; Trump’s lies about, 54, 71, 101, 223, 240, 259
Obamacare. See ACA
Oliver, John, 85
online privacy protection, 49–50
oppositional politics, 21, 156. See also resistance, collective
Orban, Viktor, 256
Orwell, George: vs. Aldous Huxley, 78, 107; author of 1984, 64; historical memory and, 67–69; on use of language, 70–71; totalitarianism in, 63–66, 77, 105
Ou, Ed, 235
Paddock, Stephen, 205
Paris Climate Accord, 80, 135. See also environmental protection
Pasolini, Pier Paolo, 113
Paul, Rand, 177
Paxton, Robert O., 88, 89–90, 215
Paxton, Timothy, 110
Pelosi, Nancy, 269
Pence, Mike: compared to Trump, 292; at football game, 265– 66; at Hamilton (play), 27, 237, 243
Penn, Mark, 278
The Philippines: authoritarian government of, 88, 258; Trump’s business ties with, 129. See also Duterte
The Plague (Camus), 32
plutocracy, Trumpism as, 110
police brutality: against African Americans, 42, 265; Trump’s support for, 218, 221, 245
police state: creation of, 53; expansion of, 135, 174, 192, 193, 230; increased brutality of, 42, 218–19, 265. See also law enforcement
politics: of deceit, 33–35; of disposability, 56, 76, 157–58, 182, 184–86, 190–95, 200–201, 209–10, 297; of distraction, 35, 43, 119, 185, 261–62, 264–66; of exclusion, 30, 53, 56, 76, 181, 192; of fear, 193–94, 212–13; as reality TV, 40, 155, 185, 223, 261, 271–72, 296; of resentment, 261; of violence, 205–6
Price, Tom, 227
prison reforms, Sessions’ reversal of, 39
privatization, language of, 142–43
propaganda, use of language as, 95
Protective Leadership Institute, 311
Public Citizens, 211
public education and schools: assault on, 47–48, 68, 104, 151; funding cuts for, 40, 68, 78, 172; racism in, 28, 121, 184, 185, 246; as resistance, 31–32, 299, 301, 313–14; role of in democracy, 315–16. See also students
public good: vs. capitalism, 40–41, 76–77, 211–12; media profit margin vs., 93–94; privatization of, 104; under Trump, 100
Puerto Rico: debt burden of, 198– 99; Hurricane Maria and, 193, 195, 196–201
Putin, Vladimir: as dictator/demagogue, 263; support for/by Trump, 121–22, 132; Trump compared to, 29, 130. See also Russia
Quigley, Bill, 314
racism, 18, 161; attacks fueled by, 28, 225; displays of Trump’s, 224, 231; in Hurricane Maria response, 200–201; Jeff Sessions’, 226–30, 246; Muslim ban as, 28, 53, 75–76; rescinding DACA as, 204–5
radical politics, 284–86, 289–91, 303–4, 318–19. See also collective resistance; democratic socialism
Rand, Ayn, 88
Rankine, Claudia, 58
Rather, Dan, 171
Reagan, Ronald, 294
regulatory restrictions, 80–81
Reich, Robert, 110, 120, 169, 178
Remnick, David, 145
Republican Party, 49, 86, 87, 178
resentment politics, 261
resistance, collective, 60, 61, 135, 156, 187, 296–300, 320–23; resources on, 314–15; vs. single-issue movements, 21, 284–85
resistance networks, 52, 309–10, 312
Robbins, Katherine Gallagher, 180
Robin, Corey, 111
Robinson, Cedric, 150
Roof, Dylann, 205
Rose, Charlie, 203
Rosenberg, Chuck, 218
Rossello, Ricardo, 197
Ross, Wilbur, 244
Ross, William, 222
Rubin, Jennifer, 219
Russia: as authoritarian state, 258; Flynn’s links to, 98; Trump’s business ties with, 132–33; U.S. military spending compared to, 175–76. See also Putin, Vladimir
“safe places”, 48, 60, 61–62, 300– 301, 307–9; cities as, 311–13; as coded word/phrase, 26–27; universities as, 315
sanctuaries/safe spaces, 48, 60, 61– 62, 81, 300–301, 307–9; cities as, 279, 311–13; universities as, 305, 315
Sanders, Katie, 276
Sanders, Sarah Huckabee, 241
Saturday Night Live, 237
Saudi Arabia, 244
Schell, Jonathan, 168
schools. See public education and schools
“school-to-prison pipeline”, 184, 192
Schumer, Chuck, 269
Sennett, Richard, 195
Sesno, Frank, 238
Sessions, Jeff: DACA and, 202; James Comey and, 98–99; loyalty and, 220; mandatory sentencing, 162–63; racism of, 226–30, 246; response to opioid crisis, 121; reversal of prison reforms, 39
settler-colonialism, white supremacy and, 24, 54, 149–50, 158
sexism, 101–2, 111, 231, 264, 285
Shulkin, David, 222
Silva, Jennifer, 298
Smith, Sable Elyse, 30
Snowden, Edward, 64
Snyder, Timothy, 51, 69, 88, 92, 110, 117, 143, 253, 314
social injustice, 165–67, 181–83, 189–90; vs. personal resentment, 148–49
socialist democracy. See democratic socialism
social media: Trump’s use of, 237–42. See also Facebook; Instagram; Twitter
social programs, 163–65, 169–77. See also individual programs (food stamps, health insurance, etc.)
social transformation, 288
solidarity, 51–52, 58, 61, 156, 215. See also collective resistance;
“democracy in exile” Spicer, Sean, 66, 101
The Stare (Ballen), 62
State Innovation Exchange, 311
state-sanctioned violence, 42–44, 167–68, 186–87, 195, 206, 235, 245–46, 252. See also militarization
state sovereignty, loss of, 211–12
St. Clair, Jeffrey, 206, 250, 295
Stein, Andrew, 278
Steinhorn, Leonard, 279
Steppling, John, 31
Stern, Mark Joseph, 203
strongman politics, Trump’s, 79, 90, 155–56, 233
student loans, 172
students: funding cuts for, 40, 68, 172; racism toward, 28; resistance by, 297, 311, 313, 315–16; treatment of, 47, 76, 246. See also public education and schools
surveillance state, 49–50, 64–65, 104–5, 183
Swing Left, 106
Sykes, Charles, 73, 100–101, 110
Tackett, Michael, 74
tax reforms/tax cuts, 41, 81, 115, 158, 164–65, 173, 179
totalitarianism, 13, 61, 65; characteristics of, 140–41; Hannah Arendt on, 11, 25, 61, 63, 65, 88–89, 90, 106, 110, 115, 120, 146; language use in, 65–66; Orwell and, 63–66, 77, 105
Traub, James, 100
trolling. See bullying
Trumpism: as authoritarian, 29–30, 55, 134; democracy in exile vs., 306–7; as nascent fascism, 37, 56, 112–13, 125, 221–22; normalization of, 86–87, 92, 96–97, 100, 102–3, 112; plutocracy as, 110; strongman politics of, 155–56
Turkey: authoritarian government of, 88, 258, 263. See also Erdogen, Recep Tyyip
Twitter, Trump’s use of, 20, 73, 86, 91, 237–42
universities: assault on, 68; Erdogen’s assault on Turkey’s, 130; role of, 314, 315–16; as safe places, 311, 315. See also public education and schools; students
U.S. Department of Justice: Trump’s undermining of, 184, 219–20. See also Sessions, Jeff
U.S. National Security Agency, 64
Venook, Jeremy, 132
Vichy regime (France), Nazi collaboration of, 123
Villamor, Felipe, 126
violence: authoritarianism and, 212–15; continuing increases in, 42, 161, 225; ignorance as, 30; pervasive culture of, 44–45, 206–9, 252; via social media, 237–42. See also state-sanctioned violence
voting rights, restriction of, 230
war culture: Trump’s promotion of, 25, 76, 174–76, 193, 235. See also militarization
Warren, Elizabeth, 269
Waters, Maxine, 269
Weissmann, Robert, 211
West, Cornel, 56, 106, 110, 222, 272
West, Rachel, 180
Whitehead, John W., 207
white supremacy, 16–17; Charlottesville riots, 247–50; normalization of, 208–9, 247; policies supporting, 204–5; from settler-colonialism, 24, 54; Trump’s embracing of, 53, 75–76, 224, 247–50, 258–59. See also fascism; racism
Whitman, Meg, 110
Winfrey, Oprah, 84
Wolff, Michael (Fire and Fury), 37, 42–43, 85–86
Woolhandler, Steffie, 180
xenophobia, 18, 91, 94, 226, 258
Žižek, Slavoj, 181