Nixon too.
This ties into the neurosis of the modern liberal as the institutions and cultures that they held up as the beacons of progress that would move society forward have instead been the Petri dishes of a new fascism. To square that circle they have to invent either foreign boogeymen (Russian bots) or concoct flimsy rationalizations of these things being abnormalities instead of the natural outcomes of these institutions.
where the frontier ended became the manufacturing hub for all new evils and horrors
The Californian Ideology essay was published in 95
https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/californian-ideology
once again begging people to read Palo Alto by Malcolm Harris
i am personally Californian, so that probably makes the book more impactful, but i cannot shill for Malcolm Harris’ Palo Alto enough. It’s a very good history of how the capitalist forces and the people that embodied them shaped California while also taking workers into consideration. Available here
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