The merger of celebrity and politics is complete. There is no real cultural difference between Jennifer Lawrence, Meghan Markle and AOC. Their interviews are indistinguishable.
Yuval Levin: "the people who occupy our institutions increasingly understand those institutions not as molds that ought to shape their behavior and character but as platforms that allow them greater individual exposure and enable them to hone their personal brands."
This phenomenon actually began with Barack Obama, The Lightbringerβ’, who was treated as a full-scale celebrity by the media, and who acted as though he was outside the system he was supposed to be supporting and upholding.
We live in serious times, and we are led by completely unserious people. Our enemies are not. And they know this.
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