Steve Just recalled a PBS "skit" (preserved on Youtube) from 2007. Just replace "Bush" with "Trump".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Phr5TC_v_g Sarbajit On Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 11:18 AM steve smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: > > Sarbajit wrote: > > "> ..,The people who voted for him probably do not read Paxton, Arendt or > Levitsky and Ziblat ..." > The people who voted for him don't read... > > We have a similar problem in India, the great semi-literate masses have > been handed cheap smartp[hiones with cheap data plans so they are connected > 24x7 to the Matrix. > > Thank you for this pithy bit of parallax, it cuts at least two ways. > > I believe that we 'elites' make the mistake of wanting the > unwashed/semi-literate/??? masses to share our perspectives (whether we be > progressive/conservative, liberal/authoritative) and support our vision for > *their* future. We then get upset when *they* listen to the *other* > elites rather than us. > > I was completely convinced that Kamala & Co had made such a good argument > for *our* vision of a future for humanity (American Exceptional Centric of > course) that it would *overwhelmingly* (at least by the margin Trump took > over Harris but vice-versa) persuade the folks whose future we are hoping > to define. As it turns out, the *other* camp of elites managed to find > the right chords to strike, notes to hit to resonate with 74M voters? > > I'm probably misusing "elite" here (or at least idiosyncratically) to > reference those with agency in society above some arbitrary threshold. > Education, Social Status, Professional/Trade Status, Ability, Insight, all > combine to support this Agency-in-Context, and even more relevant perhaps > is the *perception* of Agency? When those who wield > economic/political/practical power (the wealthy, the successful politician > or rhetoritician, the champion fighter or consummate craftsman) speak, we > listen. Trump had Musk and Rogan and Hulk Hogan and the threat/promise of > "the STRONG people" (Bikers, LEO, Soldiers, Truckers, Cowboys, ... ) while > Harris had all the big name entertainment talent (except Lee Greenwood?) > and Academics (except Dennis Prager and 6 other similar wankers) and the > Generals ( who the rank and file can be taught or reminded to resent) and > the intelligencia. > > I'm still waiting/hoping/ideating on a better way to achieve collective > emergent "wisdom". Glen's references to the tension between "liberal" > individuality and any of the extant brands of collectivism (party > membership, military marshalling, religious faithing, culting, etc) > gestures in a useful direction. Well formed (if not always understood) > variations on Swarming (nod to Glen and Marcus) in biology are interesting > and maybe the best route in, but I'm still stalled and the smash into a new > era of explicit Trumpism is distracting me, even if it somehow forces the > parallax I'm missing. > > Mumble, > > - Steve > .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / > ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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