Maybe, just maybe, it's time to bring back the division between entertainers and politicians. Some politicians become cults of personality. Obama and JFK jump immediately to mind. Then you have the path lit by Reagan - a woman-slapping, Chesterfield-hocking B-list actor-turned-California-governor - and that's since ushered in the mostly good (Schwarzenegger) to the absurd (former wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura).
As a recovering recording engineer, I've been locked in a dark room with musicians and media personalities for days on end and I assure you, they do not share any semblance of the proletariat mentality. They squander untold sums of money filling a black hole of narcissistic despair in their souls. People and relationships are transient at best, transactional at worst.
You could argue that's perfect for today's political arena. And I'd fire back that it's the arena itself that needs to be changed. I miss politics being C-Span fodder - boring and processional. Remember a time when you didn't consume five hours of partisan hacks screeching clickbait headlines into the void? I vaguely do. And maybe I'm remembering it through the fond, soft lens of nostalgia - but I think I kinda miss it.
We are such a spoiled, foolish, unserious nation….
Use the Force Luke, use the Force....
Maybe, just maybe, it's time to bring back the division between entertainers and politicians. Some politicians become cults of personality. Obama and JFK jump immediately to mind. Then you have the path lit by Reagan - a woman-slapping, Chesterfield-hocking B-list actor-turned-California-governor - and that's since ushered in the mostly good (Schwarzenegger) to the absurd (former wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura).
As a recovering recording engineer, I've been locked in a dark room with musicians and media personalities for days on end and I assure you, they do not share any semblance of the proletariat mentality. They squander untold sums of money filling a black hole of narcissistic despair in their souls. People and relationships are transient at best, transactional at worst.
You could argue that's perfect for today's political arena. And I'd fire back that it's the arena itself that needs to be changed. I miss politics being C-Span fodder - boring and processional. Remember a time when you didn't consume five hours of partisan hacks screeching clickbait headlines into the void? I vaguely do. And maybe I'm remembering it through the fond, soft lens of nostalgia - but I think I kinda miss it.
Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right...