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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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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Correction: apparently 2 term limit applies even if interrupted, so edit scenario above for Kanye 2028.
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He can't run for two more terms unless they change the Constitution.
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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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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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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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“Attuned to aesthetics” is one of my strongest negative indicators for political office. I really, really don’t trust the judgment of strong aesthetes
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Kanye also more aligned with future trends given he's black, neuroatypical and highly attuned to aesthetics. twitter.com/vgr/status/132…
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Obama was highly attuned to aesthetics, though. Do you feel the same way about him?
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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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He ran on Hope and Change, not policies.
To me, that's aesthetics.
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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.


