Benjamin Britton’s Reviews > No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need > Status Update

“We do have the power to change ourselves, to attempt to right past wrongs, and repair our relationship with one another and with the planet we share. It’s this work that is the bedrock of shock resistance.”

The crucial lesson of Brexit and of Trump’s victory, is that leaders who are seen as representing the failed neoliberal status quo are no match for the demagogues and neo-fascists.

If we rebuild our communities and begin to derive more meaning and a sense of the good life from them, many of us are going to be less susceptible to the siren song of mindless consumerism.

This is worth underlining: Trump didn’t create the problem - he exploited it. And because he understood the conventions of fake reality better than anyone, he took the game to a whole new level.

“If it’s branding empire loses enough revenue, and his personal boss image is sufficiently battered, Trump might just course-correct on some of his more inflammatory policies.”

“If his branding empire loses enough revenue, and his personal boss image is sufficiently battered, Trump might just course-correct on some of his more inflammatory policies.”