The War on Populism: Consent Factory Essays Vol. II (2018-2019)

In this second volume of his Consent Factory essays C. J. Hopkins continues his irreverent coverage of the mainstream media and political establishments reaction to the presidency of Donald Trump and the so-called new populism that put him in office.Hilarious ... furious ... required reading ... (Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone) the essays in this collection cover the insanity of 2018 and 2019. Russiagate mass fascism hysteria the new McCarthyism the war on dissent the Hitlerization of Jeremy Corbyn the demonization of the working classes identity politics and all the rest of the establishments war on populism.In this time of extreme political polarization and enforced conformity on both the Left and the Right Hopkins political satire and commentary presents a refreshingly unorthodox analysis of the forces at play in the world today -- global capitalism neo-nationalism populism neo-fascism etc. -- and cuts through the official propaganda sensationalism and disinformation that often passes for mainstream news.Featuring popular Hopkins essays like Who Doesnt Love Identity Politics? Down with the Working Classes! A Russiagate Requiem and Trumpenstein Must Be Destroyed! The War on Populism is an infuriating yet hilarious account of the establishments attempts to crush the populist rebellion that began in the summer of 2016 and over the next four years brought America to the brink of civil war or perhaps a color revolution.