MikaelKa
@mikaelka.bsky.social
Once an anthropologist always an anthropologist?
I've been fascinated by this since Trump 1.0, but this article is intellectual/ideological history, whereas the simpler and obvious explanation is Trumpism is a giant magnet and money spigot with a DEI of its own. Being nonwhite gets you easy influence/money. Do they even know why they're doing it?
January 21, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I've been fascinated by this since Trump 1.0, but this article is intellectual/ideological history, whereas the simpler and obvious explanation is Trumpism is a giant magnet and money spigot with a DEI of its own. Being nonwhite gets you easy influence/money. Do they even know why they're doing it?
In this age of enforced disenconfoundment I appreciate a bit of confoundment.
January 17, 2026 at 5:52 AM
In this age of enforced disenconfoundment I appreciate a bit of confoundment.