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N8@en8.bsky.social |
Debates are a performance. They (obviously) are not about substance. In what universe does good substance delivered horrifically win out over silver-tongued charlatans with stylish bad ideas? All of American (human?) history points to the exact opposite conclusion.
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Michael Paulauski
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"I'm concerned with performance over substance, of which I care nothing about" Well that explains a lot.
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A(n In)Famous Historian
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OK. So debates are artifices that don't actually reflect things that matter. So now the question becomes, do debates themselves matter in swinging elections--that is, do debate performances, however superficial they may be, nevertheless still impact elections? The evidence suggests they don't!
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