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Contrary to expectation, “relatability” in a politician is an untrustworthy qualitypic.twitter.com/uYQr6vlx1J
Be that as it may-- the politics of spectacle depend very much on having a "relatable protagonist"-- the body-politick seeking synecdoche in the form of caesarian champion... Bernie lost.
Rejecting a pathetic reality is cope for unwillingness to seize the stage.
I enjoy the thoughts of whatever faction of online you belong to but I wish you guys would offer something other than performative condescension when you respond to mine 
I can only offer you an opportunity to drop the shackles of your Tragic Optimism & embrace Comic Pessimism-- what exactly do you want?
We have chosen comic optimism and we're already failing better, folks you're going to say I'm tired of trying again and failing again and failing better
Comic Optimism becomes Tragic Optimism in failure mode-- holding onto this pose is a prolonged adolescence.
Who is Hegel if not the eternal teen, ever in search of the next stepdad to spite?
The tragic optimism of living only for the negation of the given-- the holdout of innocence rejecting the harvest of experience-- indeed.
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