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?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabuki

https://youtu.be/108d4KnZPxo?t=139

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.

This is your American imperialism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0qt0hdCQtg

The 2003 Iraq war, another example of American imperialism