Message from @ETBrooD
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No. He's got far more winning to do. He'll win 2020 and get tons of congressional support.
What about Trump?
It's actually funny
An honest, sophisticated anti-Trump campaign would be about his countless lies
But they can't do that for two reasons
One, people are bad at nuance, or they worship Trump, either way it won't work on them.
Two, if they start talking about his lies, there will be an equally powerful counter campaign exposing their lies as well
I think this would be some sort of advanced Streisand effect
So what holes can they poke into Trump? The fact that he didn't manage to start building the wall yet (only private companies have done so) should be one, but for some reason they don't focus on that.
Maybe because of the same issue: if they reveal that he didn't start building it, people will point out that private companies have started, and with huge success
So another example of this advanced Streisand effect that I have no better term for
So they can't reveal anything that would also reveal another thing that goes against their own narrative
Therefore they now focus instead on Trump's racism, because it's the only thing where they can actually get brownie points
It's still lies of course, but it's the only thing that won't backfire
So I guess the real reason the Dems aren't favorites to win in 2020 is simple: they have as much dirt on themselves as the Reps, including Trump
And the final nail in the coffin will be the fact that they'll likely push Tulsi out
She's the only one who as we can see at least has her heart in the right place (being pro-America), same as Trump. But being pro-America is not the current Dem narrative.
The whole play is the most transparent Kabuki Theatre i have ever seen, it makes a mockery of existence
What's a Kabuki Theatre, sounds dirty 😄
its about masks or sumfin
Oh you mean because no one wants to reveal their cards, instead of playing it straight forward like Tulsi
Kabuki Theatre is a very over-the-top, very stylised form of theatre from Japan.
I guess Trump is playing it straight forward, too. But he's a liar, unlike Tulsi, so I don't know what to call him.
A patriotic agent of chaos I guess.
mhm
Layers of layers of secrecy basically?
Yeah idk seems like a weird comparison but I think I get the idea
i time stmaped that one
its a good line - the actors are not real people , they are spirits or wraits
The stereotypical media depiction of ninja as black-clad ultra badasses partially comes from Kabuki. In Kabuki, the stagehands are clad in black, and will come on stage in order to move around the scenery. In Kabuki plays, ninja are black-clad in order to blend in with the stagehands, and thus, when an assassination occurs onstage, it's a complete surprise.
So basically the politicians play to people's ideas of who they are, and try to form people's ideas this way, instead of simply revealing who they really are
i guess i meant noh theatre, and i guess it comes with the political territory to have to act in a certain way
comes off as disingenuous though
Yeah like PC language
you can't please everyone
Yes, definitely. Especially because Noh is much more subdued and subtle in style compared to Kabuki.
The reason why a lot of people find PC language annoying or outright despicable is because it masks the truth behind nebulous or idealized words, intended to change or hide the meaning of the subject rather than revealing its truth
They're like clouds, they're safe, but you can't grasp them
The difference between Noh and Kabuki is like the difference between Greek Tragedy and Opera Seria.