Ok ok. It deserves another thread/conversation. So I'll repeat partially: Why a part of the US electorate is non-zombie, is its ability - in principle - to denounce the bullshit coming from the campaign they support. Maga does not have this ability. They have the old loyalty system, renowned from middle ages and comparable cultures/times in history (and in the present!), which is what the Biden campaign is apparently aspiring towards lately. This could be such an opportunity to contrast the messy, but real ability, through democratic deliberation, critical discussion, and consensus finding to showcase what a living, breathing democracy is and contrast that with Maga stagnation and blind obedience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9LZXheHddI It's such a cliché in fiction: Prospero knew better. King Lear fell for it tragically: When power obscures the ability of clear self-reference in the sense of viewing oneself in the mirror. But even for US popular tastes, where ambiguity in ethics is frowned upon and black and white ethics are prefered, with clear distinctions between good and evil, lots of guns, battles, magic, and special effects: Obi-Wan, Dumbledore, Denethor, and the list goes on. Stewart is right: "This can't be real life!". On Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 2:25:39 PM UTC+2 John Clark wrote: > Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for > free without a subscription. > > George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee. > > I saw Biden three weeks ago at my fund-raiser for him. It’s devastating to > say it, but he is not the same man he was, and he won’t win this fall. > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/opinion/joe-biden-democratic-nominee.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6U0.9Odh.4XeaholChY4V&smid=em-share > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/bf14b114-0f68-4761-9fa9-6f08f0e23cddn%40googlegroups.com.
