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Biden: [saying things]
Me: [nodding along] mmm, yeah, Chant bullshit, Chant bullshit, it& #39;s not so much that I MIND per se, propaganda has its uses, but i See You and I understand Why you& #39;re Doing That
Me: [nodding along] mmm, yeah, Chant bullshit, Chant bullshit, it& #39;s not so much that I MIND per se, propaganda has its uses, but i See You and I understand Why you& #39;re Doing That
This right here is what i& #39;m talkin about https://twitter.com/RaeLoverde/status/1325259813203292163">https://twitter.com/RaeLoverd...
Putting it another way: There& #39;s a lot of things that are broken right now, and Biden can& #39;t start fixing most of them until January -- but the thing he can start fixing RIGHT NOW TONIGHT is the damaged "American story", in his own words.
And that& #39;s what he just did -- he told us an old, familiar story. Sang us a song that we know the chorus of from way way back. That& #39;s the thing he can do RIGHT NOW, and it lays foundations for doing a lot of other, more concrete things later on.
He is also laying the groundwork to *EDIT* the story, if you believe that his propaganda has a backbone of truth to it -- the old song didn& #39;t have space for very many people, and it was deeply flawed and problematic along multiple axes.
But you can take the good parts of the old song -- the best verses and the chorus -- and sing new words to the old tune and goddamn but it& #39;ll still work like it& #39;s supposed to. It& #39;ll remind people What America Is.
and that& #39;s the thing -- propaganda isn& #39;t good or bad. It& #39;s just a tool. Stories are a tool. You can use them for good or evil, for building or for breaking. I have written two heckin books about this.
Frankly, I& #39;m glad to see our side using this tool, rather than disdaining it. We& #39;ve had a horrible, poisonous, toxic story for four years... and the only thing that can defeat a story is another, stronger story. So cool, yes, good. Defeat it. Tell a better story.
IMO Vice President Elect Harris (!!! <3) did a better job from a purely technical storytelling/performance standpoint. She made me cry and kept me focused on WHAT she was saying; Joe made me tilt my head and listen VERY closely to WHY he was saying it https://twitter.com/ChrisWilde801/status/1325263254818418689">https://twitter.com/ChrisWild...
She& #39;s the better storyteller. Watch her, these next four years. She& #39;s gonna be incredible.
(people are liking this thread and so now I feel like I have to explain -- "Chant bullshit, Chant bullshit" is me pretentiously referencing a couple of characters from my own books.)
Nono, it& #39;s not an "oh no"! It& #39;s a good thing. It& #39;s a SMART thing, like @RaeLoverde said in her thread. He& #39;s hitting the ground running and he& #39;s already getting to work. It& #39;s like laying down sandbags to stop (or at least slow) the oncoming flood. https://twitter.com/pearwaldorf/status/1325266960393752577">https://twitter.com/pearwaldo...
