The creative class was supposed to foster progressive values and economic growth. Instead we got resentment, alienation, and endless political dysfunction.
Boat owners in Florida fly the flag for Donald Trump. AP
The dispossessed set out early in the mornings. They were the outsiders, the scorned, the voiceless. But weekend after weekend – unbowed and undeterred – they rallied together. They didn’t have much going for them in their great battle against the privileged elite, but they did have one thing – their yachts.
During the summer and fall of 2020, a series of boat parades – Trumptillas – cruised American waters in support of Donald Trump. The participants gathered rowdily in great clusters. They festooned their boats with flags – American flags, but also message flags: don’t tread on me, no more bullshit, images of Trump as Rambo.
