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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 4
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      We’re in an indefinite future of the amateurization of politics. Career politicians with at least a bit of a nerdy interest in governance and policy (even Nixon) are giving way to Idiocracy parade. Get used to it. There’s no “normal” in the future. Just a churning of the weird.

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 4
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      Reminds me of the state of Tamil Nadu in India which elected a string of assclown filmstars to office for decades. I have nothing against actors turning to politics btw so long as they take it seriously as a different skill/job, not just another role to play.

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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 4
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Luke Thomas

      Correction: apparently 2 term limit applies even if interrupted, so edit scenario above for Kanye 2028.https://twitter.com/lukethinksshow/status/1324103540118155264?s=21 …

      Venkatesh Rao added,

      Luke Thomas @LukeThinksShow
      Replying to @vgr
      He can't run for two more terms unless they change the Constitution.
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    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 4
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      I think Kanye would be an even bigger disaster than Trump since he’s smarter, more successful, and more messianically sure of himself. Like a nuttier black Reagan. Kim Kardashian as Nancy kinda fits the picture too.

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    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 4
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      Well CNN appears to be calling Michigan for Biden. We appear close to electing the Defendent in the legal battle that will drown out Covid news and discipline for weeks, probably leading to a solid third wave death count.

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    6. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 4
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      It’s tempting to cast Reagan as B-grade celeb POTUS like Trump but don’t forget he was a serious politician who was CA governor. I can respect that path. Kanye though has too much A-grade celeb hubris to go up a real learning curve, and like Trump, is uninterested in doing so.

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    7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 4
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      Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Chris Clark

      “Attuned to aesthetics” is one of my strongest negative indicators for political office. I really, really don’t trust the judgment of strong aestheteshttps://twitter.com/chrisclark1729/status/1324109111621898240?s=21 …

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      Chris Clark @chrisclark1729
      Kanye also more aligned with future trends given he's black, neuroatypical and highly attuned to aesthetics. https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1324106376579145728 …
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    8. Luke Thomas‏ @LukeThinksShow Nov 4
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      Obama was highly attuned to aesthetics, though. Do you feel the same way about him?

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    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 4
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      Replying to @LukeThinksShow

      I disagree. He had an aesthetic but his worldview was not primarily an aesthetic one. It was a moral-pragmatic one.

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    10. Luke Thomas‏ @LukeThinksShow Nov 4
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      He ran on Hope and Change, not policies. To me, that's aesthetics.pic.twitter.com/mAENcJft2q

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Nov 4
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      Replying to @LukeThinksShow

      I have a narrower definition of aesthetics in terms of sensory images and perceptions. His record is that if an enlightened bureaucrat doing his best. Not symbols and narratives.

      2:16 PM - 4 Nov 2020
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