It’s a spectator sport. The “righteous elected” one-upping the “evil powerful”. Broadcasted live.
not really into this tradition of senators calling men and women before congress to yell at them without interruption at what are meant to be exercises in information gathering. untethered toddler shit. be respectful and do your job.
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How do we end political theatre? I agree its infuriating.
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Television coverage exacerbated this phenomenon. Ending tv coverage will likely reduce it.
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If ya wouldn't do it in front of your own mother, ya probably shouldn't do it front of the US Senate
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Theater
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Congress has been getting more and more performative for decades now. According to
@justinamash almost everything outside the leadership is performative at this point.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Been watching a lot of these hearings for 14 years. (They're on cnbc and i'm a trader.) There are a lot of amazing people in this country. I've watching them take hours of nonsense with unflagging professionalism then go back to work. Basically none of them hold elected office.
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Just a question because I’m also a trader - why watch CNBC?
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They’re essentially all filming campaign ads. Didn’t used to work this way.
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The real dark truth is when you realize yes they are actually doing their jobs. It’s just not the job you think it is.
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