A New Era in Politics

Trump inaugurated a new way of doing politics, and recent events prove it.

In the late-capitalist media landscape, entertainment and politics merge into a hyperreality that is hardly yet differentiated. The latest article by The Atlantic on Trump's second term as "Reality TV President" meets the core of a social transformation that goes far beyond Trump's person. What we are currently observing is not simply a president with unconventional communication style, but the consistent implementation of a post-modern concept …