Trumpocalypse: Consent Factory Essays Vol. I (2016-2017)

In this first collection of his Consent Factory essays C. J. Hopkins irreverently covers the improbable rise of Donald Trump the political dynamics that led to his presidency and the media-generated mass hysteria that swept America during his first term in office.Brave original enlightening and hilarious (Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone) the essays in this volume capture the insanity of 2016 and 2017. Trumps candidacy the election the Resistance Putin-Nazis neo-McCarthyism fake news bots Charlottesville the whole mad circus unleashed by Americas insane clown president.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 Why Ridiculous Propaganda Still Works Tomorrow Belongs to the Corporatocracy and The Year of the Headless Liberal Chicken Trumpocalypse is a disturbing yet uproarious portrait of the Western establishments panic over the election of an unauthorized president.