The Failure of a Nazi Filmmaker’s Moral Will

On Aug. 21, the American Supreme Leader created yet another dubious government agency. The “National Design Studio” is named with this administration’s mastery of doublespeak.

One imagines this studio as a facility modeled after the one in Noah Hawley’s TV series Legion, where AutoCAD and Photoshop are repurposed for mind-control experiments and all of the meanings implied by “branding.” Because only billionaires matter in the 21st century, Joe Gebbia (Airbnb) was appointed to head the agency as the “Chief Design Officer.” Photos of his smug, benign smile are just as terrifying as RFK Jr.’s official snarl.

By accepting the position, Gebbia’s complicity is a given—whatever damage this Design Studio manages to unleash. But, should we ever return to a less punitive era, will he be considere