There were many different kinds of fools: holy fools, hapless fools, vicious fools. People enjoyed carnival culture, the feast of fools, as a way to take a whack at the status quo. We’re living with exactly the kinds of injustices that lead to carnival culture, and we’ve crowned a fool king. Donald Trump exists on two levels: the presidential level and the fool level. The first problem with today’s carnival culture is that there’s an ocean of sadism lurking just below the surface.

Source: New York Times January 17, 2017 08:21 UTC