Peter Evans wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 12:32:43AM +1300, Nick FitzGerald wrote: > >> Rich Kulawiec to ferg: >> >>> Ah, it appeals directly to the "sound bite" crowd -- those who prefer >>> information (including news) delivered to them in snippets, easily digested >>> with the smallest cognitive effort. These are people who reduce politics >>> to slogans and philosophy to bumper stickers. They're largely incapable >>> and/or unwilling of reading -- let alone writing -- anything substantive, >>> cogent and nuanced. These are the people for whom "Headline News" equates >>> to "serious journalism", and whose attention span is so short that they >>> require an "executive summary" for a one page document. >>> > > soundbite: > YES WE CAN! > is all over Japan, like influenza. > And of course, the variant YES WE 缶 > (which means what you think it means.) >
This is our simplistic, childish, global culture. :-( It is connected with adoration of youth and beauty, childish behavior etc.. I am 30 and I feel old in this kind of culture. It is ideal place for populist politicians. For example Obama and the crowd around him reminds me of some historical videos I have seen. Such as singing Hitlerjugend (Hitler's youth) is similar to today's Obamajugend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG6ureeTw2E&feature=related <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG6ureeTw2E&feature=related> Hitlerjugend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElW-dINsSBs&feature=related <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElW-dINsSBs&feature=related> (Adolf Hitler was populist too.) -- Martin Tomasek
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