Why the US (s)election doesn’t matter a damn
We’ve been asked why we don’t do more coverage of the US (s)election.
The answer is easy, and it goes like this.
1. There is no real choice and no real difference.
Of course there are superficial distinctions. But that’s just greasepaint.
Or maybe ‘carnival mask’ is a better analogy.
Or child catchers in borrowed gaudy
A guise anyhow. Their public images are applied personas with applied values intended to appeal to different demographics, create ready-made and meaningless binaries, and the illusion of debate, democracy in action – real choice.
Trump is the straight talking loudmouth “maverick” designed…...
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