The internet knows many things...
But the voters want to know one big thing. Right?
This is why we send targeted emails. Except that the voters want to know the one big thing that appeals to them--but the politics of self-fulfillment (really self-absorption) are what we have and what we are good at, because it is who we have become--so we'd better give it to them.
It is a question of how to present a fractured and pluralist world and political message. But we seem to be continuing to only think about how to present it as a monolithic idea, just as long as it is the right idea to the right voter. Sort of like a sign I once saw, boasting of the "Right Car, Right Train" rate of a rail yard, as long as we hit 51% we are happy.
So we act as if we are giving the voters their one big thing, but instead puff up a little thing, and tiptoe around, hoping the souffle doesn't fall.
This is why we send targeted emails. Except that the voters want to know the one big thing that appeals to them--but the politics of self-fulfillment (really self-absorption) are what we have and what we are good at, because it is who we have become--so we'd better give it to them.
It is a question of how to present a fractured and pluralist world and political message. But we seem to be continuing to only think about how to present it as a monolithic idea, just as long as it is the right idea to the right voter. Sort of like a sign I once saw, boasting of the "Right Car, Right Train" rate of a rail yard, as long as we hit 51% we are happy.
So we act as if we are giving the voters their one big thing, but instead puff up a little thing, and tiptoe around, hoping the souffle doesn't fall.
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