When Mehdi Hasan sat down with Jon Stewart last month, the roles were reversed. This time, the Emmy-winning host of The Daily Show was the one asking the questions — about corporate media, Gaza, Do…
Again, Ashton Kutcher has also done many of these things. I don’t get why we are drawing a line between actor-activists when they’re all just actors and play characters on television.
So far the issue of political capital has been going over everyone’s head here. I would love to stand corrected and see someone like Stewart suddenly reveal he’s been sowing the seeds of power for years in a deliberate manner AND has the actual desire to rally specific power groups in the nation. But it’s VERY late in the game for that kind of surprise. Even Harris had more chips on the table.
This insistence that having the tepid support of moderate liberals who barely watch the news is somehow more valuable than dedicated, ideological activists is why we have Trump leading a literal warband of Orcs without opposition across the country.
Again, Ashton Kutcher has also done many of these things. I don’t get why we are drawing a line between actor-activists when they’re all just actors and play characters on television.
So far the issue of political capital has been going over everyone’s head here. I would love to stand corrected and see someone like Stewart suddenly reveal he’s been sowing the seeds of power for years in a deliberate manner AND has the actual desire to rally specific power groups in the nation. But it’s VERY late in the game for that kind of surprise. Even Harris had more chips on the table.
This insistence that having the tepid support of moderate liberals who barely watch the news is somehow more valuable than dedicated, ideological activists is why we have Trump leading a literal warband of Orcs without opposition across the country.