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Après Moi, le Déluge…
The Age of Trump, the End of What?
By Tom Engelhardt
French king Louis XV reputedly said, “Après moi, le déluge.” (“After me, the flood.”) Whether that line was really his or not remains unclear, but not long after his death did come the French Revolution.