Political Power != Cultural Power

 “Now that Trump won people have to like and agree with me and not tell me I suck anymore.”

‘These folks are going to be permanently resentful because they’re seeking political power as a substitute for cultural power, and it’s never going to give them what they actually want.’

Listen, if you can stomach it, to a random MAGA grievance rant & ask yourself “how much of what they’re most upset about is something public policy can realistically address?”

‘Elon Musk has all the money in the world and can’t buy one minute of cool.’

I’ve said it before, will doubtless say it again: These folks are going to be permanently resentful because they’re seeking political power as a substitute for cultural power, and it’s never going to give them what they actually want.

Julian Sanchez (@normative.bsky.social) 2024-11-15T04:53:32.853Z