Cool article but i have a few observations being an Argentinian follower of Milei in his earlier days
Is not that Milei made a mistake for democracy and media dynamics essentially, he did promote scams before he was a president, playing libertarian ethics of "if you play your money in a casino its your responsability". As long as he believes this stupid morals he will keep doing these mistakes, as he did in the past but nobody gave a fuck because he was not "important".
Even if current democracy dynamics ask for these media entertainment, he does not let a group of people control their social media, he insists in being authentic while having scripted interviews.
First, I must state that I am writing on my phone from my hospital bed, and it is torture using my meaty fingers to type on a goddamn phone so this might be a typo ridden document
I agree with the author on the centrality of image. However, we must qualify what we know about the effects of image when we talk of Donald Trump.
IRONICALLY, TRUMP GETS MORE POPULAR THE MORE SCATTERRED, SADISTIC AND SICK HE SEEMS
HIS supporters, like hitler"s supporters , believe that their nation has been too good and has been famously wronged by a heinous humanity worthy of poison gas.i am an American. I know the louts of.whom I speak
Hence, Trump can never be too evil for them
Also, his supporters often haven't read a book since childhood ( Americans go to high school to major in football and cheer leading. In college, they spend a year in Europe "to learn about art." See four museums , get drunk and return home speaking only one language, English ,and speaking it badly
BECAUSE THEY ARE SO STUPID, THEY LOVE TRUMPS STUPIDITY. THEY can understand every delusional utterance emitted from his mouth with all the grace of diarrhea
Interesting points, but I don't think the central thesis holds water:
- "Every single" great leader had little physical power? You the immediately use Alexander as an example to contrast Napoleon. It's accurate to say that physical prowess is not required, and indeed no one man can outclass an army, but there's a reason most US Presidents have been tall.
- It's easy to make content, and for those lucky enough among us, ad revenue, off of Trump's wild claims and suggestions, but to be taking anything he says as indicative of anything more than a temporary point in an ever-evolving negotiation is well past played out at this point. We can try to divine the reasons for Trump's push for the US to annex Gaza, claim Greenland, and now leverage mineral rights in Ukraine, but it's pretty clear that the best strategy is to wait a few weeks and see what develops. In the case of Gaza, it's already out of the news cycle with zero lasting damage to Trump's image beyond another option for leftists posting "hey, remember when Trump did X" engagement bait on X.
- There is a clear and purposeful decoupling of American interests from the European theater. It may be a strategy you disagree with, and it's reasonable to critique the tactics used, but the path usually taken by the media broadly and this article specifically is to pretend that there is no strategy and that all suggestions that American """allies""" abroad are being alienated for no reason. These are not gaffes, Vance's speech to Europe was not a stumble. It's not going to be good for everyone, and in fact may be bad for American interests, but the global Right is usurping the globalist Left and pushing for a return to national focus, multipolarity, and spheres of influence. To acknowledge and attempt to steer that is a legitimate strategy.
Cool article but i have a few observations being an Argentinian follower of Milei in his earlier days
Is not that Milei made a mistake for democracy and media dynamics essentially, he did promote scams before he was a president, playing libertarian ethics of "if you play your money in a casino its your responsability". As long as he believes this stupid morals he will keep doing these mistakes, as he did in the past but nobody gave a fuck because he was not "important".
Even if current democracy dynamics ask for these media entertainment, he does not let a group of people control their social media, he insists in being authentic while having scripted interviews.
Che, thanks for the context, boludo!
And certainly being authentic goes a long way everywhere, politics included, shame that this encompasses $LIBRA in Milei's case.
It is really interesting to see a libertarian in office instead of in a niche party.
First, I must state that I am writing on my phone from my hospital bed, and it is torture using my meaty fingers to type on a goddamn phone so this might be a typo ridden document
I agree with the author on the centrality of image. However, we must qualify what we know about the effects of image when we talk of Donald Trump.
IRONICALLY, TRUMP GETS MORE POPULAR THE MORE SCATTERRED, SADISTIC AND SICK HE SEEMS
HIS supporters, like hitler"s supporters , believe that their nation has been too good and has been famously wronged by a heinous humanity worthy of poison gas.i am an American. I know the louts of.whom I speak
Hence, Trump can never be too evil for them
Also, his supporters often haven't read a book since childhood ( Americans go to high school to major in football and cheer leading. In college, they spend a year in Europe "to learn about art." See four museums , get drunk and return home speaking only one language, English ,and speaking it badly
BECAUSE THEY ARE SO STUPID, THEY LOVE TRUMPS STUPIDITY. THEY can understand every delusional utterance emitted from his mouth with all the grace of diarrhea
Interesting points, but I don't think the central thesis holds water:
- "Every single" great leader had little physical power? You the immediately use Alexander as an example to contrast Napoleon. It's accurate to say that physical prowess is not required, and indeed no one man can outclass an army, but there's a reason most US Presidents have been tall.
- It's easy to make content, and for those lucky enough among us, ad revenue, off of Trump's wild claims and suggestions, but to be taking anything he says as indicative of anything more than a temporary point in an ever-evolving negotiation is well past played out at this point. We can try to divine the reasons for Trump's push for the US to annex Gaza, claim Greenland, and now leverage mineral rights in Ukraine, but it's pretty clear that the best strategy is to wait a few weeks and see what develops. In the case of Gaza, it's already out of the news cycle with zero lasting damage to Trump's image beyond another option for leftists posting "hey, remember when Trump did X" engagement bait on X.
- There is a clear and purposeful decoupling of American interests from the European theater. It may be a strategy you disagree with, and it's reasonable to critique the tactics used, but the path usually taken by the media broadly and this article specifically is to pretend that there is no strategy and that all suggestions that American """allies""" abroad are being alienated for no reason. These are not gaffes, Vance's speech to Europe was not a stumble. It's not going to be good for everyone, and in fact may be bad for American interests, but the global Right is usurping the globalist Left and pushing for a return to national focus, multipolarity, and spheres of influence. To acknowledge and attempt to steer that is a legitimate strategy.