Crude outbursts read as authenticity and libidinal freedom to moderates

Evidence

Trump’s “unprofessional” “lapses”, his seeming faux pas, his ready descent into racist invective and misogyny, his hate-mongering: these are significant not only for their attraction to those already evincing such attitudes. They also have an appeal to some of those who don’t share them, and who might even deplore them: what such outbursts come to signify is both an “authenticity” — a simulation of “straight talking” — and, equally importantly, a performance of libidinal freedom. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2029

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to ch69’s media anti-intellectualism policing and performed-disavowal irony in ch68. — connects to: Authenticity is the radical self-recovery that escapes the good-bad faith dichotomy
• QUESTION: How would a truly democratic left counter the appeal of mediated straight-talk without adopting its excess?

Broader Connections

• Authenticity is the radical self-recovery that escapes the good-bad faith dichotomy #corroborates (0.75)