Since the summer of 20 20, blue life's matter has become core to maga ideology. What accounts for this extreme identification with the forces of repression among large segments of the civilian population at this particular moment in american history? The thin blue line on the flag is the police. Everything above it is meant to represent civil society. And then everything below that thin blue line are the criminal elements of chaos That threaten order and security of citizenry.
Patrick Blanchfield analyzes the long history of US gun violence and the American death drive.
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