On the Coming China Scare

We can take it for granted that Trump will run the most xenophobic, divisive, racist campaign in my lifetime, because that may actually be his best shot at winning under the current circumstances. That’s bad enough, but it’s only the beginning. You can expect Fox News to amplify his anti-Chinese message on a daily basis, and the internet is going to explode. Anyone who says or writes anything in any way measured about China is going to get pilloried by right-wing trolls. That’s the way it is in America today.

All we can do is hope that it doesn’t work.