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My guess is that it will take a lot more than that, the USA needs to have a political system less reliant on boatloads of cash. Campaigns are spectacles, not po
by piva00 4y ago
My guess is that it will take a lot more than that, the USA needs to have a political system less reliant on boatloads of cash. Campaigns are spectacles, not political debate, spectacles are great entertainment but are very poor to foster any discussion around hard topics and solutions.
America's love of a good show made even politics like a big sport, team red and team blue against each other, fighting tooth and nail for turf (aka districts, electoral votes by States, etc.) and the team that is better funded usually will have a leg up. Just like sports.
The cultural change required to move politics away from this culture of spectacle and entertainment is way harder than what can be achieved in two generations.
- 20after4 4y agoAnd we aren't even moving away from this, we're moving farther and farther into it.