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Tattooed up to the face

8/29/2020, 10:43:25 PM


The republican party no longer exists, devoured by Trumpism and transmuted into a kind of populist, racist and tribal nationalism

Donald Trump in Londonderry, New Hampshire, the day after accepting his nomination at the Republican Convention.SPENCER PLATT / AFP

Ideas, arguments and programs don't count. The truth, the facts, the reality, are empty words in the middle of tribal wars. Only the flags are valid, the drums, songs and tattoos. In the indelible compromising marks on the body of the warrior, especially the chief, loyalty to the tribe is subscribed. They are read by initiates and for them they have been drawn. As a pledge of recognition of their identity and tribal obedience ...

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