Quotation of the Day
19th April 2025
ZMan:
When getting attention is the singular goal, then everything that would prevent someone from seeking attention, such as responsibility, duty, self-awareness, and self-respect, must give way. There is no dignity in showiness because dignity prevents the carnies from doing what must be done to get a laugh, a sigh, or applause. The theater of democracy, like all theaters, selects for shamelessness.
This is how we get someone like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez barnstorming the country doing a bourgeois socialist act. She flies in on a private jet, takes a limousine to the event, perhaps stops for a meal at a fine restaurant, then performs her act. Once the show is over, it is back to the private airport and the private plane. Like many actresses, she waited tables before her big break in politics.