The grotesque metaphor of Trump tearing apart the figurative seat of American democracy

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Daniel Little

A great piece by Shalise Manza Young in The Contrarian about the travesty Trump has created at the historic White House … No respect for the traditions or history of the office.

https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/the-grotesque-metaphor-of-trump-tearing?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=fzsj7

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Dan Little is a professor emeritus of philosophy who writes on history, social justice, and the social sciences.
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1 Response to The grotesque metaphor of Trump tearing apart the figurative seat of American democracy

  1. gdkrenz's avatar gdkrenz says:
    October 23, 2025 at 8:36 pm

    Thanks, Dan. It is an excellent piece. The demolition literally makes me sick to my stomach. How can anyone — and I especially mean you, Republicans — sit by while Trump strokes his id at the cost of, as the article says, “our house.” Not his. This is a cultural crime, and those who have the ability to oppose it and don’t are fully complicit.

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