Breaking Things: A Proposal of Resistance

Image by Mike Newbry.

He broke it! He did not wait for permission to change things. He simply bent and, in most cases, broke it. If the answer was going to be no, why wait for the no is his strategy. The strategy is to test the country’s basic mores. Don’t ask about tearing down the West Wing of the White House. He ordered the dismantling of DEI and government, and businesses fell into line. It resulted in one of the largest workforce reductions in government employment, leaving workers...