Sunday 14 February 2021
Freak Show Politics
As movies, TV, celebrity culture and the media become ever more freakish to attract jaded public attention, it is surely worth folding politics into the mix. It is far from being a new observation, but the political classes also have to attract that same jaded public attention.
Look at the things Boris had to do to get where he is now. Starmer can’t do it and that may be a potentially fatal difficulty. Or a bonus depending on viewpoint.
In other words, the political stage is becoming a freak show because it must to retain mass attention. The freaks, loons and charlatans are not there accidentally. They are there because we voters are what we are.
Attracted to freak shows - get freak shows.
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Boris worked so hard at being the bumbling but intelligent classics generalist that he has, probably against his better intentions, actually become a bumbling but intelligent classics generalist.
So far, so good. But look out! Here comes a flu pandemic with a different name!
Sam - he would probably be okay as a bumbling but intelligent classics generalist if he had the ability to select better sources of advice. On the other hand the advice he receives my be technically and scientifically dumb but politically sound. So far it looks like it.
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