Nationalism
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Banksy captures our moment
A Banksy statue appeared overnight on a London street — a man in a suit, stepping into thin air. Banal at first glance, the figure crystallises something all the year’s op-eds have failed to: the breathtaking gap between political confidence and political vision in our time.
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It took three times in a darkened theatre
Something about Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg wouldn’t release its grip. I returned twice more, each viewing peeling back another layer of certainty about justice, morality, and the convenient distance we imagine separates us from history’s villains. By the third screening, I understood my discomfort completely.
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