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1) Get a media figure* that commands the utmost respect of the population to report on corruption. 2) Get 2% of the population participating in a peaceful prot
by treme 10y ago
1) Get a media figure* that commands the utmost respect of the population to report on corruption.
2) Get 2% of the population participating in a peaceful protest & demonstration to put pressure on congress.
3) ???
4) profit!!
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohn_Suk-hee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohn_Suk-hee
- M_Grey 10y agoMedia figure with utmost respect... in the US... scratches head We're hooped.
- Jach 10y agoThings have to get really dystopian before an Edison Carter can appear.
- DiabloD3 10y agoW-w-w-w-who is Edison C-Carter?
- zachrose 10y agoSanjay Gupta? Al Roker? I really have no idea.
- devonkim 10y agoI think this may be why the US has a strange fascination with electing actors to high political offices - they may cross a lot more partisan lines than any other celebrities that are actually professional policy makers or journalists. I also think the other cultural difference is that education and science is still highly respected as institutions while confidence in these institutions has been attacked and subsequently declined for decades. This makes a lot of national discourse for what should be otherwise simple discussions much, much harder. This, at the moment Obama's commentary as he exited office is about right - emotion has triumphed over reason and facts.
- krapp 10y agoI think the US likes electing actors because actors are better able to appeal to them emotionally, and because their celebrity status makes them appear more trustworthy. Any successful politician has the traits of a good actor, but actors can claim they're not "really" politicians, even while running for political office, and using the same political tricks as their rivals. It's a weird "Mr. Smith goes to Washington" complex that Americans seem to fall prey to constantly. Given the nature of the last few Presidential elections in the US, it doesn't seem as if voters want partisan lines crossed, rather, they want those lines maintained and defended with razor wire and snipers.