simonineaston wrote: ↑1 May 2022, 12:03pmWhat's so puzzling is a) why do we continue to put up with it and b) why can't Labour (as the most obvious alternative) come up with some
really good fresh ideas?
Bear with me, I'll get to the point -
I watched 60 seconds of Gogglebox last night (waiting for the next programme) where people were watching Donald Trump emerging from his brush with COVID and returning in carefully staged triumph to the Whitehouse.
My reaction; 'how can anyone take this narcissistic plonker of a showman seriously!'
The reaction of the reasonably diverse Goggleboxers; 'Isn't it amazing that the guy can even walk, he must be pumped up with the drugs or something'
My point is that in our 'sound bite', 'celebrity driven', propagandist society no basket of 'good, fresh ideas' stands a chance against a comical buffoon and millions of campaign donations from 'The 1%'.
I think it will take a major economic collapse (currently underway) to shift him