totem

Politically, we live in volatile times, which makes the hair-trigger Trump a perfect totem for our unpredictable age.

In that way, like other fake populist and charismatic leaders, Trump is a symbol, totem, and hero who they can live through vicariously.

It is true that every presidential candidate becomes, to some extent, a symbol or totem.

What Lévi-Strauss concluded about totems can be applied to dioramas, too.

The two-child limit, which affects Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit, has become a totem of this campaign.