Steve Bannon as Leninist
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Steve Bannon openly proclaims himself a Leninist, wanting to destroy the state apparatus. Žižek notes the tragedy that the new right has 'stolen the revolution' from the left.
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“Steve Bannon, the main ideologist of Trumpism, he openly ironically of course proclaims himself a Leninist.”
“Steve Bannon, the big Trump supporter, calls himself a Leninist.”
“i'm a leninist. Lenin wanted to destroy the state and that's my goal too. i want to bring everything crashing down”
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unholy alliances
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Victoria Nuland1Norbert Elias1Karl-Heinz Delvon1Mariana Mazzucato1Hanns Eisler1Mateja Koležnik1Sahra Wagenknecht2Byung-Chul Han2
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Steve Bannon openly proclaims himself a Leninist, wanting to destroy the state apparatus. Žižek notes the tragedy that the new right has 'stolen the revolution' from the left., illustrating fascism-populism,communism-socialism
Trump strategist Steve Bannon explicitly calls himself a Leninist, saying his goals are what leftists were doing twenty years ago, illustrating the right's conscious appropriation of radical left tactics., illustrating new right adopts left tactics,ideological confusion of left and right
Bannon openly calls himself a Leninist who wants to bring everything crashing down, illustrating the migration of revolutionary populist language from left to right., illustrating unholy alliance,right-wing appropriation of left tactics