politics have just become performance

The idea of “Politics of Performance'' sees the unique political power performance holds in disrupting normative demands. Instead of continuing a coastal elite perspective or the ivory tower of politics, what does it mean to meet Americans where they are, what stories they think to represent them, and the realities that most working-class Americans live through day to day?

[@heavywaternewsnetwork6641]

What are your thoughts on Tartaria and the Mudflood as it is referred to ?

[@rosiepingxinzhou]

I’m living for this content

[@leonardowada4240]

Its not just politics. Its everything

[@wokkeredmi2193]

Im glad youtube recommmended this to me :)

[@wenateng]

thank you for watching!

[@JordanS-ww4eu]

@@wenatengyou’re very pretty

[@rosiepingxinzhou]

I love the book stack HAHA

[@wenateng1]

she's about to fall on me

[@wenateng]

she's about to fall on me

[@espumatt]

Performance has been a part of modern politics since Kennedy v. Nixon. In a broader sense, public life has always required performance. Ancient Greeks were fully aware.

[@wenateng]

absolutely! there's much to say about the televised debate between kennedy and nixon + the idea of Theatrum Mundi: Great Theater of the World or all the world's a stage.

[@dany-tu1qg]

hey, what camera do you use?

[@le0Dan2e]

I completely agree with you

[@ErkaaJ]

This performance is precisely the Society of the Spectacle by Debord, calling elections a "false choice under spectacular abundance". It removes the politics from the citizen and makes them a "voter", where the choices to vote for were already chosen, and the emphasis is put on "voting" instead of "engaging". Voting becomes an appearance of politics, a spectacle, so our candidates perform to that spectacle.

[@aidanknight1574]

As I personally like to describe it: The Theatre State or the Theatre of the State

[@__Henry__]

Solid question, what would it look like. Hard (for me) to (immediately) say.

[@jlubahia]

YES

[@farhanansari6135]

seems like a pretty vague and unfocused argument ngl

[@pyramidhead3109]

Yeah it's pro-wrestling for billionaires and israel

[@whiteshadow8520]

You might do better to put it in more common phrases. Otherwise it sounds like you’re just reading without understanding

[@wenateng1]

I wrote all of this! that's super helpful to know :)

[@whiteshadow8520]

@ Sorry if I seemed rude! There was nothing wrong with the way you said it, just that you used unusual phrasing, which is actually good but it makes it seem written rather than spoken :)

[@wenateng]

@@whiteshadow8520 no no! not at all - this is so helpful to know :)

[@__Henry__]

Many things are difficult to understand. Pausing, rewatching, thinking help. Giving yourself as much space as you need to digest is reliably useful.

[@henryonyoutube]

Peter Thiel was quoted saying: "Trump should be taken seriously, but not literally." Obviously, Trump is supremely good at breaking through media noise by dancing on the line between the serious and the absurd.