In Full View
The timing was flawless. The applause immediate. The silence around certain names even more so.
The timing was flawless. The applause immediate. The silence around certain names even more so.
Re-creating civility will not come from appeals to nostalgia. It will come from leaders who reject the language of annihilation. From media that prizes verification over virality. From citizens who refuse to reward cruelty simply because it is entertaining.
The privatization of public legacy—when civic space becomes trademarked territory and national memory is folded into a private brand.
When words become policy, they don’t stop working when the speaking does.
It isn’t just what he does—it’s how cleanly he does it. No theatrics. No overt villainy. Just a steady erosion of human meaning until only assets remain. That kind of rot is harder to name, which is why it survives so well.
Roy Cohn taught Donald Trump to weaponize lawsuits—using delay, intimidation, and chaos to exhaust opponents and bend institutions.