The Trump rebellion is, in large part, the revolt of the country against the city. The men and women of rural America, who produce its material wealth, are rising up against the urban ruling elite. There are many similarities with Wat Tyler’s Rebellion of 1381 (aka the Peasant’s Revolt, and the Great Rising). It was a tax rebellion. The country was being bled dry by the city of London, in order to finance its pointless wars in France.
Wat Tyler was, as far as we know, a common workman, and he paid with his life for his rebellion. But things have changed, and we’re in a different time and place. Still, it really is, the country rebelling against the city. But now we have the internet.
And, with all his warts, we’ve got Donald Trump.
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