A Stage-Managed Spectacle for Economic Repression Today, in a flag-draped spectacle straight out of a fascist playbook, Donald Trump staged a performative signing ceremony in the Rose Garden, proudly announcing what he calls “Liberation Day.” What’s being “liberated” isn’t the American worker—it’s his own authoritarian fantasy of total economic control. This is not policy. It’s punishment. And the punishment is aimed squarely at anyone who doesn’t kneel at the altar of Trumpist economic nationalism. Tariffs as a Blunt Weapon of Class Warfare These new tariffs—reciprocal taxes on goods, capital, and resources from dozens of countries—aren’t just economic blunders. They’re ideological landmines, designed to fracture global cooperation, spike consumer prices, and grind the working class under the false banner of “America…
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