Political moments become overwhelming when belief turns into identity. What changes when that attachment is noticed?
Macaulay Culkin weighed in on the annual Die Hard debate, dismissing it as a Christmas movie and jokingly naming himself the “godfather of Christmas” based on his role in Home Alone. It was a funny moment—but it also revealed something more interesting about how nostalgia, ego, and past roles quietly get mistaken for authority. This isn’t really about Die Hard. It’s about who we think gets to...