Many American elites have a specific brain worm where they think everything in DC is supposed to run the way it was depicted on The West Wing. Polite Republicans who never say anything conservative and never win, the media and DNC colluding to hide the medical condition of the sitting President, etc, etc. (It is actually wryly funny that that exact collusion has now happened with 3 Democrat presidents and 1 fictional one).
Trump 2.0 is so far away from that framing that Aaron Sorkin can't save them now.
First inning, first pitch. It’s gonna be a long game.
The good news is i don't think the elites even know a "game" has started because this game is unrecognizable to them.
Calvinball
I think thats because they were used to having a monopoly on the means of communication.
I think that's more important today than the celebrated Marxian formula of monopoly in the means of production
Michael Shellenberger has an interesting interview R.R. Reno who wrote a book on the three Fs that became dirty words in the post-modern world: Faith, family and flag. https://www.public.news/p/rr-reno-from-roosevelt-forward-the?r=4wrjw7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Thx for link!. Now I have something to watch before going to bed tonight!
Many American elites have a specific brain worm where they think everything in DC is supposed to run the way it was depicted on The West Wing. Polite Republicans who never say anything conservative and never win, the media and DNC colluding to hide the medical condition of the sitting President, etc, etc. (It is actually wryly funny that that exact collusion has now happened with 3 Democrat presidents and 1 fictional one).
Trump 2.0 is so far away from that framing that Aaron Sorkin can't save them now.