Quillette
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Donald J. Trump is a conspicuous latecomer to this party, a fact that he was oddly eager to emphasize when he announced his initial drop of NFT trading cards in December, 2022.
Trump admitted that NFTs were no longer a “hot category. Everyone said what’s he doing it for—that's so cold.’”.
Trump's NFTs derive all of their value from a single source -- Trump himself.
Trump addressed the core weakness of crypto-art by offering old-fashioned sweepstakes.
The only benefit received by the owner of an NFT is the ability to luxuriate in the sheer joy of ownership.
The Bored Apes Yacht Club enforces exclusivity by limiting membership to 10,000 people.
Donald Trump understands the value of exclusivity, writes Andrew Keen.
Keen: In economic terms, the purchasers of Trump’s NFTs are not producers but consumers. They play no part in the creation of the cards’ value, which they only enjoy passively. In political terms, they do not constitute a self-governing community; they have projected their own power onto an alien idol.
VR Score
57
Informative language
51
Neutral language
30
Article tone
informal
Language
English
Language complexity
55
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Hate speech
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Known propaganda techniques
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Time-value
medium-lived
External references
14
Source diversity
9