Remember the “vibe shift(氛围转向)”? Just last year, columnists and corporate boardrooms alike declared that the second coming of Donald Trump(特朗普的再度登场) meant the old rules of politics and even everyday civility(文明礼貌；礼节) were roadkill(路上的死尸；被碾碎的东西).
还记得那场“氛围转向”吗？就在去年，专栏作家和企业董事会异口同声地宣称，唐纳德·特朗普的再度登场意味着旧的政治规则乃至日常文明礼貌都成了路上的死尸。
“I feel liberated(被解放的；感到自由的),” one top banker told the Financial Times. “We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled(被封杀；被抵制) … it’s a new dawn(新的黎明；新时代).”
“我感到解放了，”一位顶级银行家对《金融时报》说。“我们可以说‘弱智’和‘娘炮’，不用担心被封杀……这是一个新的黎明。”
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive(引用华兹华斯诗句，讽刺富豪的狂喜), but to be a billionaire was very heaven. Because in Trump, the tech bosses had a politician who could work magic by forging a forever alliance between them and blue-collar America. This was the very core of Trumpism, the trick that wowed rightwingers around the world: how he could yoke(用轭套住；强行结合) together minimum-wage workers with the 1%; Latinos and black voters with those happy to dabble in(涉猎；浅尝) a little light racism; the Epstein-haters with the Epstein class(爱泼斯坦圈子；权贵性犯罪网络) (who can forge(锻造；建立)t Elon Musk’s email to Jeffrey: “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”). And he did it by alchemising(炼金术般地转化) class antagonism(阶级对抗) into culture war. Forget about that pay rise – have you have heard about those Haitians eating dogs(海地移民吃狗谣言)?
能在那个黎明活着就是幸福，但身为亿万富翁简直是天堂。因为在特朗普身上，科技老板们找到了一位能施展魔法的政客，能让他们与蓝领美国结成永久的联盟。这正是特朗普主义的核心，是让全世界右翼人士惊叹的戏法：他如何把最低工资工人与1%的富豪套在一起；把拉丁裔和黑人选民与那些乐于沾点轻度种族主义的人套在一起；把痛恨爱泼斯坦的人与爱泼斯坦那个圈子套在一起（谁能忘记埃隆·马斯克给杰弗里发的邮件：“哪天/哪晚将是你岛上最疯狂的派对？”）。而他靠的是把阶级对抗炼金术般地转化为文化战争。别管加薪了——你听说那些海地人吃狗的事了吗？