One overlooked result of Trump's victory that may not be welcome to folks (of many)..

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

I think both sides will increasingly seek to recruit celebrities to run. Thoughts?

[montanajoe]

I think both sides will increasingly seek to recruit celebrities to run. Thoughts?

Or Trump will tarnish the celebrity brand forever...

[ABX]

I think both sides will increasingly seek to recruit celebrities to run. Thoughts?

That has been the evolving nature of the pop culture/political world for a while. Politics is less about statesmanship and more about a show. The question is, are the trends we seeing now leading society down that path or has society led politics down that path?

I'll just leave everyone with this thought. Idiocracy predicted society degrading so far they had a President who was also a professional wressler and porn star.

[massadvj]

I don't know about celebrity, but to use Obama's favorite word "audacity," post-Trump we may be headed into an era in which the most shameless and audacious candidates win. 

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

I don't know about celebrity, but to use Obama's favorite word "audacity," post-Trump we may be headed into an era in which the most shameless and audacious candidates win.

Yeah, that is one thing that has kept me up at night. As long as they're not "audacious" in the Hugo Chavez model i guess I'd be more ok with it.

[Cripplecreek]

The idea of shaking things up for the sake of shaking things up is obviously attractive to a lot of people. Unfortunately its dangerous and stupid.

Our nation's founders deliberately created a system that didn't make big wild changes for a good reason.

[ABX]

While we are on disturbing trends, and I'm seeing this from both the left and the right, but it really blew up with Obama, are hyperbole and projection.

I'm sure we've seen the hyperbole in the past few days: "half the country is racist, half the country hates women.. etc" but even on the right "Trump is our only hope, the country is doomed forever if Trump doesn't win, God ordained  Trump to save us...."

For projection, we saw it with Obama as people projected all their hopes and dreams on him: "the sea levels will fall, he will pay our house note, healthcare will be free....". I've seen this so much with Trump too, people projecting their own hopes and dreams on him, even for things he never said. One example just yesterday, somone posted a rant about 'rappers in the White House' saying that Trump would ban Jay Z and people like him from the White House 'and ban a lot more things like that'. They were projecting their own hope because nothing Trump said comes even close to suggesting that and if you look at Trump's history, he is just as likely to have that type of entertainment because he chose it for his own non-political productions.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

While we are on disturbing trends, and I'm seeing this from both the left and the right, but it really blew up with Obama, are hyperbole and projection.

I'm sure we've seen the hyperbole in the past few days: "half the country is racist, half the country hates women.. etc" but even on the right "Trump is our only hope, the country is doomed forever if Trump doesn't win, God ordained  Trump to save us...."

For projection, we saw it with Obama as people projected all their hopes and dreams on him: "the sea levels will fall, he will pay our house note, healthcare will be free....". I've seen this so much with Trump too, people projecting their own hopes and dreams on him, even for things he never said. One example just yesterday, somone posted a rant about 'rappers in the White House' saying that Trump would ban Jay Z and people like him from the White House 'and ban a lot more things like that'. They were projecting their own hope because nothing Trump said comes even close to suggesting that and if you look at Trump's history, he is just as likely to have that type of entertainment because he chose it for his own non-political productions.

Trump wouldn't ban Jay Z, i thought Jay Z was a major Hillary supporter and I think Trump craves celebrity.


THe hyperbole is ridiculous and you're right, it comes from both sides. I've done it too, regrettably.


If such and such wins then it's our "last chance" and all this BS.


Politics is more and more stupid people screaming rather than a very serious business that it deserves to be.