This is a good piece, Jack, but I think I'm a little more bullish on "seeming generally decent" being a winning strategy these days. With politics having become reality TV completely unmoored from public service, governing, outcomes that affect peoples lives in any way--it's simply some garbage view of leadership that people are voting f…
This is a good piece, Jack, but I think I'm a little more bullish on "seeming generally decent" being a winning strategy these days. With politics having become reality TV completely unmoored from public service, governing, outcomes that affect peoples lives in any way--it's simply some garbage view of leadership that people are voting for since I think most people have just accepted that no politician is ever going to do anything for them. Hence why millions don't bother to vote, etc. But the fact that Biden seems decent enough is honestly a winning strategy--I made the mistake of watching a few short clips from Trump's speech today and when he mentioned Obama a guy in the room loudly and clearly shouted "monkey!" The bar is so fucking low.
This is a good piece, Jack, but I think I'm a little more bullish on "seeming generally decent" being a winning strategy these days. With politics having become reality TV completely unmoored from public service, governing, outcomes that affect peoples lives in any way--it's simply some garbage view of leadership that people are voting for since I think most people have just accepted that no politician is ever going to do anything for them. Hence why millions don't bother to vote, etc. But the fact that Biden seems decent enough is honestly a winning strategy--I made the mistake of watching a few short clips from Trump's speech today and when he mentioned Obama a guy in the room loudly and clearly shouted "monkey!" The bar is so fucking low.