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The tech giants have definitely benefited from US politics devolving completely into Culture War. With the politicians completely uninterested in genuinely lear
by ponker 6y ago
The tech giants have definitely benefited from US politics devolving completely into Culture War. With the politicians completely uninterested in genuinely learning, deliberating, and acting in the shared interest of the country, the corporatists can simply give the politicians the red meat they want (essentially, sitting timidly in a chair while some football coach who had enough name recognition to win his primary yells at him with the Terrifying Power of the State) and then continue business as usual.
- croissants 6y ago> some football coach who had enough name recognition to win his primary Wait, who is this? I know representative Jim Jordan was a wrestling coach and current senate candidate Tommy Tuberville was a football coach at several places.
- ponker 6y agoThe broader point is that the politicians’ power is dependent entirely on the success or failure of their public theatrics, so public theatrics is what they seek and what satisfies them.