<p>In this first collection of his Consent Factory essays, C. J. Hopkins irreverently covers the improbable rise of Donald Trump, the political dynamics that led to his presidency, and the media-generated mass hysteria that swept America during his first term in office.</p><p>'Brave, original, enlightening, and hilarious' (Matt Taibbi, <em>Rolling Stone</em>), the essays in this volume capture the insanity of 2016 and 2017. Trump's candidacy, the election, the Resistance, 'Putin-Nazis,' neo-McCarthyism, fake news, bots, Charlottesville, the whole mad circus unleashed by America's 'insane clown president.'</p><p>In this time of extreme political polarization and enforced conformity on both the Left and the Right, Hopkins' political satire and commentary presents a refreshingly unorthodox analysis of the forces at play in the world today -- global capitalism, neo-nationalism, populism, neo-fascism, etc. -- and cuts through the official propaganda, sensationalism, and disinformation that often passes for mainstream news.</p><p>Featuring popular Hopkins essays like <em>Why Ridiculous Propaganda Still Works</em>, <em>Tomorrow Belongs to the Corporatocracy</em>, and <em>The Year of the Headless Liberal Chicken</em>, <em>Trumpocalypse</em> is a disturbing yet uproarious portrait of the Western establishment's panic over the election of an unauthorized president.</p>
