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From https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/keurig-papa-johns-and-the-politicization-of-american-junk:

There is something grotesque, demoralizing, and entirely fitting, in the Trump era, about seeing Americans act out political grievances through the quotidian and joyless consumer products that populate our lives, of seeing quick coffee and takeout pizza become the emblems by which we are left to define ourselves and the hills on which we die for our imagined ideals.

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It'd certainly make Twitter more interesting!

And then, Jedediah Purdy analyzed the photo of the guy wearing Nikes smashing up a Nike store, noting that this was entirely consistent with Nike's brand image:

Nike understands that in the wealthiest civilization ever, people don't just want more things. They want better selves: fuller lives, sharper feelings, and more satisfying relationships. Consumers want to do good and be good. If that means breaking rules, defying inane ad campaigns, understanding that material wealth doesn't bring spiritual satisfaction, and raising a little havoc to make the world fairer, Nike wants to help. It wants to be your sassy, mischievous, co-conspiring friend, there at the right time with a slap on the butt. You need to smash something to complete your goddesshood, Nike has smashing footwear for you. What else are friends for? What else *would* you wear to a protest?