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18 February 2017

9:00 AM

18 February 2017

9:00 AM

Conservatism is the new Punk

The other day, I logged onto eBay and ordered a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat. This was no ordinary online purchase, which usually involves guiltily pressing the ‘Buy Now’ button on a new, expensive, and entirely unnecessary pair of red-soled Louboutin heels. I signed off on this particular buy with a peculiar sense of trepidation; a combination of excitement, anxiety, and above all, a strange sense of triumph.

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