The most compelling characterization I've heard is from Robert Evans, who said (para) "He wasn't best understood as a Republican or Democrat, but rather simply as "a mass shooter."
A grim take you won't hear because no one in MSM is really connected to culture, and it's too depressing.
Gee too bad sticker-making is a rare art like alchemy.
Also: unfortunately this won't do what it needs to. GoDaddy dude shot elephants and I still kept finding good-meaning ppl using it.
Maybe the combo of musicians+social media will have more impact.
The thing is...
If you're kind-hearted and a vocal trump supporter...
Welp.. kindly supporting intolerance of individuals existence and dignity isn't really a thing, so it unfortunately redounds to your honesty, comprehension, or judgement over who is fully human, so.
That's also super relevant.
Some podcast I listened to had an EP about how well the NYT is doing, and they chalk it up to them laying low for a while as others scrambled, and then introducing a bunch of tech co influenced strategies. I think they may have said "we're a tech company."
Interesting to think of it as a sorta nihilism of positionality.
"My job is to be inteligencia and figure out how to tolerate the inevitable suffering around me, not affect it."
I'm starting to see mainstream media as a sorta profession of courtiers, so I think their internal definition of their "job" is fairly unrelated to both my conception and the history of the profession.
That's why this sucks from the jump, it addresses a strawman argument.
Basically nobody has asserted that trump is structurally leading the project.
The shitty sourcing and lack of analysis are just cherries on top.
And agreeing to the rules and setup.
e.g. Biden opted for being on the right of the stage vs having the last word, and the lack of any fact-checking
And if he did have a cold, why the hell wasn't he basically carted around in a bubble for two weeks prior.
Everyone's disappointed by squad/Biden solidarity.
My guess, I guess?
- They read the room and know he won't leave
- They figure if he wins, they borrowed a card to play
- If he loses everything is fucked anyway
