#RCC1805

RoundSparrow 🐦RoundSparrow
2025-05-02

"I love that the PM mentions "no games, straight". I'm so tired of Canada trying to make our politics like a reality show with characters complete with nicknames, etc. I'm hoping we can go back to boring, no-nonsense leadership."

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RoundSparrow 🐦RoundSparrow
2025-05-02

1993
"The Hyper Real President 1993 lecture"

Duke University's Rick Roderick covered this in 1993 about mass media popularity is not being popular. People adore HATING Donald Trump. Hate is popular.

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RoundSparrow 🐦RoundSparrow
2025-05-02

When people say "funny" in this usage, I no longer equate it to "Isn't it odd".
Neil Postman "Amusing Ourselves To Death" in 1985 was correct.

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