{"id":134,"date":"2020-11-14T14:41:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T14:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2020-11-14T14:45:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T14:45:11","slug":"confessions-of-a-vampire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/confessions-of-a-vampire\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of a vampire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Kirk_Combe_-_COMBE_picture.png?resize=452%2C453&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Kirk_Combe_-_COMBE_picture.png?w=452&amp;ssl=1 452w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Kirk_Combe_-_COMBE_picture.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Kirk_Combe_-_COMBE_picture.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/Kirk_Combe_-_COMBE_picture.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"US201bio\"><strong>Prof Kirk Combe<\/strong><br><br>Professor of English and Cultural Studies at Denison University, USA. He teaches and researches in the areas of satire, literary and cultural theory, and popular culture. His latest book is Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film: Rant Against the Regime (Routledge, 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/US20_divider_1_policy.png?resize=400%2C308&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/US20_divider_1_policy.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/US20_divider_1_policy.png?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"US201\"> Section 1: Policy and political context<\/h5>\n<div class=\"page-list\"><ul class=\"list-group-item\"><li class=\"page_item page-item-115\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/the-far-too-normal-election\/\">The far-too-normal election<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-121\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/one-pandemic-two-americas-and-a-week-long-election-day\/\">One pandemic, two Americas and a week-long election day<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-125\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/political-emotion-and-the-global-pandemic-factors-at-odds-with-a-trump-presidency\/\">Political emotion and the global pandemic: factors at odds with a Trump presidency<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-129\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/the-pandemic-did-not-produce-the-predominant-headwinds-that-changed-the-course-of-the-country\/\">The pandemic did not produce the predominant headwinds that changed the course of the country<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-137\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/covid-19-and-the-2020-election\/\">COVID-19 and the 2020 election<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/president-trump-promised-a-covid-vaccine-by-election-day-that-politicized-vaccination-intentions\/\">President Trump promised a COVID vaccine by Election Day: that politicized vaccination intentions<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-145\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/the-enduring-impact-of-the-black-lives-matter-movement-on-the-2020-elections\/\">The enduring impact of the Black Lives Matter movement on the 2020 elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-149\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/where-do-we-go-from-here-the-2020-u-s-presidential-election-immigration-and-crisis\/\">Where do we go from here? The 2020 U.S. presidential election, immigration, and crisis<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-152\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/a-nation-divided-on-abortion\/\">A nation divided on abortion?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-156\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/ending-the-policy-of-erasure-transgender-issues-in-2020\/\">Ending the policy of erasure: transgender issues in 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-159\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/u-s-presidential-politics-and-planetary-crisis-in-2020\/\">U.S. presidential politics and planetary crisis in 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-162\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/joe-biden-and-americas-role-in-the-world\/\">Joe Biden and America\u2019s role in the world<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-165\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/president-bidens-foreign-policy-engagement-multilateralism-and-cautious-globalization\/\">President Biden\u2019s foreign policy: engagement, multilateralism, and cautious globalization<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-168\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/presidential-primary-outcomes-as-evidence-of-levels-of-party-unity\/\">Presidential primary outcomes as evidence of levels of party unity<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-171\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/a-movable-force-the-armed-forces-voting-bloc\/\">A movable force: the armed forces voting bloc<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-179\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/guns-and-the-2020-elections\/\">Guns and the 2020 elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-182\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.electionanalysis.ws\/us\/president2020\/section-1-policy-and-political-context\/can-bidens-win-stop-the-decline-of-the-west-and-restore-the-role-of-the-united-states-in-the-world\/\">Can Biden\u2019s win stop the decline of the West and restore the role of the United States in the world?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p>You don\u2019t know me. But I know you. I\u2019ve been at your neck for about four decades. Feeding. But don\u2019t bother looking in the mirror. You won\u2019t see me there. Sucking. Not because I\u2019m not there. But because you\u2019ve been convinced, that I\u2019m not there. You see no teeth marks, no puncture wounds. Such details, such evidence of my existence are anathema to you. How is this possible? Simple. They don\u2019t match the worldview that has been formulated for you, by Conservatives and Liberals alike. Instead, you imagine me to be Nature, perhaps some manner of Fate or, more likely, as God\u2019s heaven-sent plan. I like that rationale best. It fosters your belief in Free Will even as you accept your ultimate impotence. It rouses your faith in a pure and fierce&nbsp;<em>individuality<\/em>&nbsp;even as it cripples your facility to examine tangible circumstances. What could better serve my never-slaking thirst?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be perfectly honest, on no occasion do I find our little arrangement more charming than at election time. That\u2019s when you exercise your sacred Choice, assert your dearly held political views. On Election Day, that\u2019s when you\u2019re free to choose (to lose) between, well, me or me. Ah, I can see that you\u2019re puzzled. You haven\u2019t a clue as to who I am, nor about what I speak. Very well, then. I\u2019ll elaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call me, for the sake of whimsy, Count von Hayek. I hail from the tranquil shores of Lac L\u00e9man. Mont P\u00e8lerin. Nothing ghastly or Transylvanian. I am no ghoul in the trivial sense, lurking in dark shadows. I am a button-down variety of fiend, my powers not preternatural but pecuniary. At present, they feature a fearsome three:&nbsp;<em>debt, derivatives, dividuation<\/em>. Of these, you understand, albeit imperfectly, only one. Debt. You are in it. No need to demur. You are, one way or another. Or, more feasibly, in multiple ways. There is no shame in it. You are indebted by design. Unless you belong to my fortunate 1%, debt is your lot\u2014and my lifeblood. To be straightforward, you work to feed me. My financial entrepreneurs see to that, monetizing your debts as surely as owners starve laborers. Wage-slave or debt-slave are of a piece: to enrich me, I impoverish you. We play the game of&nbsp;<em>accumulation by dispossession<\/em>, you and I. And only I know the rules. And only I make the rules. And only I know such a game is afoot. And there is no other game in town. So take one guess at who is winning.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/147810\/worlds-apart-neoliberalism-shapes-global-economy\">Eight men\u2014my happiest minions\u2014hold as much wealth as the poorest half of the planet: 3.6 billion people<\/a>. In the land of the free and the home of the brave,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/digitallibrary.un.org\/record\/1629536?ln=en\">40 million live in poverty, 18.5 million in extreme poverty, and 5.3 million in absolute poverty<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A more recent trick of mine is derivatives. Don\u2019t trouble your mind. You\u2019ve no hope of understanding them. Not even the stockbrokers do, except as tools for swindle. These are bets made upon bets\u2014and then often betted on again\u2014packaged and repacked into confounding instruments of finance bundled to obfuscate. Frequently, your debts are the fodder. Remember that 2008 subprime mortgage crisis? Such a romp. And what \u201ccorrectives\u201d came about as a result of that \u201ccatastrophe\u201d? Well, since 2008, the share of the global wealth held by my disciples has increased from 42.5%&nbsp;to 50.1%. Nowadays, a gratifying&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/inequality\/2017\/nov\/14\/worlds-richest-wealth-credit-suisse\">70% of the world\u2019s working-age population owns just 2.7% of global wealth<\/a>. Yes, as I always say, nothing like a good worldwide financial meltdown to convince people being sucked dry, four decades of blue-collar Republican voters say, to clamor to be sucked drier. I daresay, at this point, you are utterly perplexed. Rest assured, however, that you never profit from derivatives. These devices are a casino game for the super-wealthy. A means by which they wager for more super-wealth. Atop the global wealth pyramid, to be sure, is no place for the limited brainpower of the commoner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet never question your utility. My latest and most telling innovation hinges entirely on you. Dividuation. What is that? Well, take your most cherished word, \u201cindividual,\u201d and remove from it the prefix: \u201cin.\u201d What\u2019s left?&nbsp;<em>Dividual<\/em>. That which can be divided. Thanks to me, that\u2019s you. When browsing the web, sending an email, cruising social media, reading this, you are surveilled constantly, parsed endlessly, influenced perpetually. Why? So Big Data can sell your component penchants, pastimes, quirks, and obsessions to buyers, innocent and nefarious, who care little about undivided, whole,&nbsp;<em>in<\/em>dividual you. Confused? Incredulous? Good. You are neither merchant nor customer in this transaction, merely&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hIXhnWUmMvw&amp;vl=en\">raw material<\/a>. You\u2019ve become my&nbsp;<em>ne plus ultra<\/em>&nbsp;of person dwindled into merchandise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, by all means, vote away! Whether making America great again &#8230; again &#8230; or building back better, until you get me off your throat, I will relish watching you rearrange the deck chairs on your Ship of State.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof Kirk Combe Professor of English and Cultural Studies at Denison University, USA. He teaches and researches in the areas of satire, literary and cultural theory, and popular culture. His latest book is Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film: Rant Against the Regime (Routledge, 2021) You don\u2019t know me. But I know you. 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