As we prepare for our annual celebration of Americana, gaudy pageantry, and rank consumerism that the Super Bowl event is guaranteed to invoke, we also might be reminded of the way in which Trump and his entourage experienced the events of January 6th. Clearly captured on an in-house video, we see the likes of Don Jr., girlfriend Kimberley and other rather jubilant participants reveling in a party-like atmosphere with music blaring while Kim happily dances before our eyes. Meanwhile nearby, the President of the United States views, on massive TV screens, the soon-to-unfold spectacle of the nation’s Capitol being ransacked by an incited and violent mob of angry white nationalists in much the same way he might enjoy a Sunday afternoon game of football. So come this Sunday, after the obligatory fly over (our ritualistic homage to militarism) and the fully anticipated barrage of pyrotechnics, we too might enjoy the uniquely American display of jingoistic pride as we, yet again, collectively divert our attention away from the reality of our decline and, instead, revel in the illusion of our magnificent, superior, and exceptional facade.
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