My best interpretation is that the apparent craziness of everything we're seeing reflects the level of how much the social order has really broken down.
We saw similar (albeit somehow tamer by contrast) things in South Africa during the excesses of the State Capture [0] years - people (mostly those complicit in trashing the country) started to do and say bonkers things. Jacob Zuma (like Trump) also acted as a lightning rod for these types of crazy characters. Genuinely sensible members of the public started to fabricate or grasp at wild explanations for what was going on. It took a major toll.
Trashism, that's a great term. I've been at a loss for words to describe the baffling mixture of brute fascism and juvenile idiocracy as the defining political culture of early 21st century U.S.
Yes, it's just a portmanteau of 'Trump' and 'Fascism'. I don't feel comfortable just referring to it as 'Fascism' since their shared attributes are all a little different.
> > what is going on in america? it’s starting to look like a social experiment
When there is too much abundance the only thrill left is dunking on people remotely from the safety of your own house and engaging in sociopathic behavior and getting away with it.
We saw similar (albeit somehow tamer by contrast) things in South Africa during the excesses of the State Capture [0] years - people (mostly those complicit in trashing the country) started to do and say bonkers things. Jacob Zuma (like Trump) also acted as a lightning rod for these types of crazy characters. Genuinely sensible members of the public started to fabricate or grasp at wild explanations for what was going on. It took a major toll.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zondo_Commission