American politics is now just reality TV drama crossed with a team sport

  • 🏰 The Fediverse is up. If you know, you know.
  • Want to keep track of this thread?
    Accounts can bookmark posts, watch threads for updates, and jump back to where you stopped reading.
    Create account
Beautiful Border

Beautiful Border

Eyelids are like foreskins for your eyes
kiwifarms.net
Joined
Sep 30, 2018
Here are the top ten headlines on /r/politics at the moment:

13 former Trump administration officials sign open letter backing up John Kelly's
Charlamagne tha God Slams CNN for "Bullshit" Trump Coverage
Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin
Trump mocked for claiming 29,000 supporters flocked to see his McDonald’s stunt
Donald Trump Ripped for Saying America Is a 'Garbage Can'
Stacey Williams goes public with her allegations against Donald Trump
Tucker Carlson frames Trump as America's abusive dad in disturbing speech
Elon Musk Sure Seems Scared After That DOJ Warning on His Dumb Lottery
Elon Musk’s Fake Sites and Fake Texts Impersonating the Harris Campaign
Heed the generals who call Trump unfit to lead

What do all of these have in common? None of them are about policies, or legislation. They're all personal drama. Because that's what people care about in American politics now. Actual policies have stopped mattering. Policy is now so irrelevant that it doesn't matter what's being done, but who's doing it:
1729862567671855.jpg
Considering this, what's the point of caring about US politics if most people are treating it like a cross between the Kardashians and the NFL?
 
Have you only now come to this conclusion? Cause you're 20 years late. Been like that since 9/11.
 
I feel like it's gotten worse over the last decade due to political polarization, you can't be neutral to something, you must support it or be against it. The best example is Russia vs. Ukraine which is literally the world's gayest fantasy football, where people have hundreds of pages of debates over an acre of land passing back and forth.
 
Evidence presented: the frontpage of Reddit, notoriously botted by special interest groups.
 
I'm just gonna parrot most of the replies:

No shit. Welcome to the fucking party.

By the way, that's all politicking. Europeans just pretend one candidate won't let in more rapists and Canadians just pretend one candidate will slow the collapse of their healthcare system.
 
It's just the way it's talked about and by who. Internet political fandom has attracted proles from both left and right, deepening polarization. Regular sports is too middle class for a lot of people so they talk about politics like they're talking about horse races.
 
I feel ya. It's discouraging. I've all but completely tuned out of it. I vote Libertarian, no regrets.
 
It holds one's attention and creates super unhelpful emotions such as outrage, hatred, or fear..

..just as it always has. There is nothing to be gained from playing along with it, friends.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom