{"id":38,"date":"2021-06-14T20:23:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T20:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.authors.buprojects.uk\/kelsey-galpin\/?p=38"},"modified":"2021-06-15T00:42:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T00:42:18","slug":"inspirations-for-our-friend-the-devil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.authors.buprojects.uk\/kelsey-galpin\/2021\/06\/14\/inspirations-for-our-friend-the-devil\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspirations for Our Friend, The Devil"},"content":{"rendered":"

When people ask me is Donald Trump’s Precedency is the inspiration for\u00a0Our Friend, The Devil<\/em>, I say yes. It’s true. Trump was a masterclass example of how right-wing populism and a shining cult-of-personality can influence the working-class to support a billionaire expansionist for President. It’s false consciousness in action.<\/p>\n

However, I’d be lying if I said the neoliberal, corporate establishment of the Democratic Party didn’t share this brunt. I hated the sycophantic rebranding of Obama and Biden as leftist heroes. How the media swept away Obama’s increase in drone spending or Biden’s Crime Bill hijinks. I hated how, in the 2020 election, I could count on one hand how many candidates supported single-payer healthcare. While I’ll always support a Democrat over a Republican, the socialist in me needed an outlet to vent. After a screamed a hole right through my pillow, that outlet became Our Friend, The Devil.<\/p>\n

The success of Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders showed me that I wasn’t alone. Not at all. In fact, it’s my aim to create a book for those people. Its been a turbulent time, and I guess I just wanted to make sense of it in my own way.<\/p>\n

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Also, whilst I’d like to say that the title is a play on the lost 1922 film\u00a0My Friend the Devil<\/em>, I’m afraid I’m just not that clever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When people ask me is Donald Trump’s Precedency is the inspiration for\u00a0Our Friend, The Devil, I say yes. It’s true. Trump was a masterclass example…<\/p>\n

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