Current Affairs
The president has mastered the politics of “kayfabe,” where every conflict is a highly profitable spectacle.
This theater was in full motion during the 2016 election. Trump’s entire campaign was a massive work, where the twist was that the heel became the hero. His political opponent, Hillary Clinton, assumed she’d naturally be the babyface, but she and the Democratic Party cannibalized the one true hope of a Trump defeat, Bernie Sanders. It would be the kneecapping of the true face that would cement her role as a “bad guy.”
As long as the crowd believes, the corporation’s real goals remain invisible, the products keep flowing, and Montañez continues to cash in—books published, movies made, and motivational speeches delivered—long after the illusion has been exposed.
