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The Hollow Men of Silicon Valley
The Cold Logic of Power and the War on Human Emotion
Consider the civil rights movement—its power came not just from legal arguments and policy papers, but from the emotional resonance of spirituals sung in churches, from the moral clarity of Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream speech, from photographs that made Americans feel the injustice of segregation in their bones. Contrast this with how reactionaries deploy emotion: the carefully choreographed spectacle of Trump rallies, designed not to inform but to create a feeling of belonging and shared grievance; the aesthetic nostalgia that permeates nationalist movements; the fear-driven narratives about immigrants and outsiders that bypass rational analysis entirely. This means fighting on multiple fronts simultaneously: defending truth with the clarity of 'two plus two equals four,' yes—but also creating art that speaks to the heart, building communities that nurture democratic emotions, and articulating visions of the future that people can not only conceptualize but yearn for.
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