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The Second Coming. Part One: The Resurrection.
The resurrection of Donald Trump is all but complete. Despite all the controversy he stirs, he has regained the Presidency in large part with support of the working people of America. Was he always feted to return, or is something more fundamental at play that can tell us why the working people have voted for him; a vote that would seem to be a vote against their own best interests?
14 min readDec 2, 2024
‘I believe that from time to time, men are created whom I call volunteers of providence, in whose hands are placed the destiny of their countries. I believe I am one of those men. If I am wrong, I can perish uselessly. If I am right, then providence will put me into a position to fulfil my mission.’
Louis Bonaparte, 1836. The nephew of Napoleon, and failed leader of a coup that same year. After escaping a deathly fate, and following a few years of imprisonment, he subsequently succeeded in 1851 when, having seized the Presidency of the Second Republic in 1848 after winning some 75% of the votes, he unilaterally annulled the Constitution and declared himself Emperor.
