I am not a goblin!
The prime rule of late capitalism and the creed of the Republican Party is that the in-group is protected by the law, but not bound by the law and the out-group is bound by the law, but not protected by the law.
The out-groups don’t need to be told this. They feel it in their bodies, with every stretch and every breath. The in-group may feel threatened, but it is a manifestation of their imaginations, and the out-groups suffer.
In a relentless thresher, the out-groups become an endless threat because the nostalgic past (read: AGAIN in Make America Great Again) requires an enemy. Cultural and artistic production is the battlefield where these binds and protections are expressed and felt.
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