Big Losers of Election 2024 -- "Celebrities"
The Sean Combs Syndrome
Am I the only one who has had enough of so-called “celebrities” to last a lifetime or six?
I have begun to think of them as a form of pollution. We are constantly bombarded with their views on everything that are almost never of the slightest depth or value.
Oprah Winfrey, a woman we have been subjected to as long as most of us have been alive, has just informed us that if we don’t vote for Kamala there may not be another election.
Is she lying or has she had a lobotomy? (Winfrey was formerly a fan of Donald Trump—go figure.)
On the Republican side, does anyone seriously vote because of the views of Hulk Hogan? Do we really want to see him in connection to a presidential campaign.
I am a free speech absolutist, but if I had my druthers the one thing I would ban would be the NY Post’s Page Six.
But speaking of the Post, their lead online article of today -- High-profile Dem adviser makes bleak Kamala Harris admission on left-leaning CNN as voters head to polls – said this:
“Veteran lefty political analyst Van Jones said he is ‘nervous’ about Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances at the polls Tuesday — after her campaign focused on out-of-touch celebrity endorsements.
“Jones, a former special adviser to President Barack Obama, said Harris’ ‘star-studded’ campaign events in the days leading up to the election felt eerily similar to the final days of Hillary Clinton’s failed White House bid in 2016.
“The political analyst admitted he was skeptical that her final swing-state push, which has featured celebs like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey, will actually convince working-class people to vote blue.”
Working-class people? How about just about anybody with an IQ in the proverbial triple digits?
I note they omitted those other great political scientists in support of Kamala—Cardi B and Beyoncé. Also missing is former Sean “Diddy” Combs consort J Lo, also a Kamala advocate.
The incredibly nauseating tale of Combs’ massive child abuse looms over all celebrities, those that attended his notorious “after parties” and those who didn’t or say they didn’t. What percentage of those people vote Democratic in tribal fashion? 98 or 99?
I cringe when Trump—a celebrity himself—relies on these people, but at least he discusses the issues, in fact at great length.
Kamala avoids them and hides behind these people apparently so she doesn’t have to discuss the issues.
Many think that is because she is disguising the unpopular views –open border, defund the police, no fracking, free gender surgery for prisoners, men in women’s sports, etc.—she once espoused.
No doubt, but it may be worse than that. It may be that the nature of our politics is that she doesn’t know what she actually thinks anymore.
Never a remotely articulate person—in itself an indication of intellectual confusion-- she has herself morphed into the emptiest of celebrities. This makes her a perfect vessel for those operating behind the scenes. With her vice-presidential candidate, they comprise a Deep State dream of political obscurantism for potential manipulation of the public. This has been going on for some time.
Now I have to admit there are celebrities I admire—those of serious accomplishment like, most obviously, Elon Musk. I need not rehearse all those achievements here, the most extraordinary of which is that he is personally leading every nation state in the area with the most potential to advance the human race into the future—space travel.
But should we vote for a presidential candidate because such a person supports him? Well, yes and no, but finally yes.
Unlike Cardio B or J Lo, who would perform, at best, a reelection fundraiser in a Harris administration, the team of Musk, RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard are likely real participants in the next Trump administration. They will have real responsibilities to take our nation and the world forward.
Therefore they merit our attention.
Does this make me a hypocrite? A bit. Perhaps I should have said “entertainment celebrities.” That would have been more accurate.
The fascinating thing you pointed out is that Trump has surrounded himself with real world intellectuals - Musk, RFK and Gabbard, among others.
The Left always talks about “critical thinking” but that intellectual feature have been missing from them for 40 years. They only cling to “beliefs,” often not supported by real world observations.
Those surrounding conservative advocates have used critical thinking in their analysis of what’s happening in our real world - rising crime, the flood of illegal immigrants, schools that don’t teach, hatred towards Jews and religious Evangelicals, inflation and an out of control federal debt.
Who are the real world intellectuals?
People who make and build, who may become celebrities for success in making and building, have demonstrated some capability to balance costs & risks, take decisions, and give it a go. People who read lines, sing, dance, etc., who are made celebrities through their industry (fully geared around profits via performative unreality) celebrating them, have demonstrated capability to distract people, to shift attention from making/building/doing toward mere spectating.
It's not hypocrisy to see these categories as substantively distinct. They are not the same.
And if Elon wanted to lecture us all on great art, I'd be the first to point and laugh. Maybe he knows a lot about art or maybe he knows nothing (I have no idea). I have the same lack of compunction about ridiculing celebrities who lecture us about mathematical models and their predictions, or novel social experiments and their economic and moral ramifications.
Whether or not they are depraved amoral perverts, there is no evidence "stars" and their masters have (or frankly are aware of the value of) well-trained analytical brains, so I'm with Ricky Gervais: "So if you do win an award tonight, don’t use it as a platform to make a political speech. You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg. So if you win, come up, accept your little award, thank your agent and your God and [f*] off, OK?"