Trump is the Last Punk Rocker

Recently, a minor-selling but extremely important rock and roll relic was unearthed. “Demo 83,” a 1983 recording by the German punk band Rosa Beton, was reissued. “Demo 83” is part of the series “GDR Undergroundtapes 1980-1990” by the German label tapetopia.

These are  reissues of punk rock records made in East Germany under communism. Hearing the music now, in an America where an out-of-control deep state harasses, intimidates and sets up dissidents, and where academia and the government encourage racism, and where the popular culture is empty and uninspired, I wondered where all the defiant, freedom-loving, and anti-war punk bands are now.

Then it hit me: abrasive, anti-war, and over-the-top Donald Trump is probably our last punk rocker.

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