1/ There are no “authentic” politicians, let alone “statesmen” or “stateswomen”. There are only Big Stories looking for Heroes, and people convinced enough that they are The One to persuade others. Don’t evaluate potential candidates, evaluate stories looking for actors.
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2/ Consider recent Big Stories and the Heroes/Champions they found. Isn’t it interesting I don’t have to name these people, the stories are enough to uniquely pick out the people. “White grievance looking for a messenger” “Youth anger at stolen young adulthood”
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3/ There aren’t always Big Stories competing for attention in a marketplace of narratives. But if there ARE Big Stories, those cast in them will take the game to a different level. Non-Big-Story candidates will have to spend lots of $ to stay in the game
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4/ Big Story candidates can be villains too. Rob Moore lost Alabama as Child Molester vs
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Doug Jones had a story too, but it was an individual-scale little story, not a Big Story. He didn’t win, Rob Moore lost.
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5/ In the future there will be 3 kinds of elections A) No Big Story in fray, bigger $ candidate wins B) Big Story vs. little story, Big Story will win. Upset/steal opportunity if Big Story favors your party. C) Big Story vs. Big Story: toss-up. I can’t think of a good example.
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Replying to @NGKabra
First Woman President turned out to not be a Big Story. More Empire Fights Back. She was more dynastic Clinton than woman.
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Seemed like a Big Story vs Big Story until a few days before the election. Retrospectively changing the size of the story isn't fair in this game
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Ymmv but I didn’t feel the big story even before. It didn’t feel like “first woman” the way Obama felt like “first black man”... the Clinton overhang was too big
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