Yes. We suck at the messaging and the repetition. The showmanship and the “like” getting. It’s a shame we have to take a page out of their play book to get our points across, to help new voters understand. And we must do this. If we don’t step up our communications game, we’re dead. Adman J.Walter Thompson said it well generations ago: “…
Yes. We suck at the messaging and the repetition. The showmanship and the “like” getting. It’s a shame we have to take a page out of their play book to get our points across, to help new voters understand. And we must do this. If we don’t step up our communications game, we’re dead. Adman J.Walter Thompson said it well generations ago: “The Truth Well Told.” We need to tell the truth well and get it out there in rap songs, rock’n’roll. Tik Tok videos and movies. TV shows and concerts. On the Hill in testimonies from experts and whenever and wherever we can. We need to make our message exciting, benefit-based, sexy, palatable, worthy of repeating, tattooing, being passionate about.
Absolutely! I'm reading (still) Fiona Hill's "There is nothing for you here". She tells the same story thats told in comments here - and compares, the US, the UK, and Russia, all oddly enough with the same issues over the past 30 (?) years. She still speaks out for all of us! Well worth reading.
The oligarchs own media, government & businesses. I'm still reading Friendly Fascism by Bertram Gross ( pre 1985 footnotes). Even then there was the .1% who controlled everything. His take is that most CEOs are fodder. Same with generals. I get hung up on remembering that this book is before cell phones, internet, social media & at the very beginning of women's lib & cable channels.
There’s nothing about smart promotion that necessarily betrays ethics. Getting a simple message that hits home out and repeating and repeating is the game being played, that we aren’t playing.
We can do it with integrity, not lies. And we can do it as you suggest in music and other cultural forms in addition to the fields Republicans currently play on.
Yes. We suck at the messaging and the repetition. The showmanship and the “like” getting. It’s a shame we have to take a page out of their play book to get our points across, to help new voters understand. And we must do this. If we don’t step up our communications game, we’re dead. Adman J.Walter Thompson said it well generations ago: “The Truth Well Told.” We need to tell the truth well and get it out there in rap songs, rock’n’roll. Tik Tok videos and movies. TV shows and concerts. On the Hill in testimonies from experts and whenever and wherever we can. We need to make our message exciting, benefit-based, sexy, palatable, worthy of repeating, tattooing, being passionate about.
Absolutely! I'm reading (still) Fiona Hill's "There is nothing for you here". She tells the same story thats told in comments here - and compares, the US, the UK, and Russia, all oddly enough with the same issues over the past 30 (?) years. She still speaks out for all of us! Well worth reading.
Yes, a great read. Go Fiona!
Very much agreed. But I'm sorry we have to.
As well, bring back journalism, and educate for enlightened citizenship. Yesterday someone posted a link to this piece by Thom Hartmann about how our news media has been coopted by big business. Sure brought home to me why so many in this country don't know what's really happening: https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-news-is-too-vital-to-be-left?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMjUwODI1OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDM1MjM2ODcsIl8iOiJoaUszMiIsImlhdCI6MTYzNjI0NzM1NywiZXhwIjoxNjM2MjUwOTU3LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMzAyMjg4Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.B5NFvAnzwq0GotjNwWKJAoeZzwIgF6y_HEKrwSvxGcI
The oligarchs own media, government & businesses. I'm still reading Friendly Fascism by Bertram Gross ( pre 1985 footnotes). Even then there was the .1% who controlled everything. His take is that most CEOs are fodder. Same with generals. I get hung up on remembering that this book is before cell phones, internet, social media & at the very beginning of women's lib & cable channels.
There’s nothing about smart promotion that necessarily betrays ethics. Getting a simple message that hits home out and repeating and repeating is the game being played, that we aren’t playing.
We can do it with integrity, not lies. And we can do it as you suggest in music and other cultural forms in addition to the fields Republicans currently play on.
In fact, it’s what the Democrats MUST do.