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Solomon

(12,651 posts)
Wed May 6, 2026, 09:13 PM 3 hrs ago

What if everything is scripted?

What if, just like a daily soap opera/reality show, writers are writing daily scripts for public consumption. The American public has been primed to demand drama. Whether people are for, or against, they are addicted to drama. The current administration seems to be cosplaying, acting, putting on a show. They don't have to care if the magas love it, or the woke hate it - its drama to be consumed. Distractions. Nothing happens as a consequence because we are sated with the drama of it all.

Praying solemnly for a blue tsunami in the midterms to stop this madness.



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harumph

(3,373 posts)
1. Script writing typically involves creative work. I don't think they're capable of that.
Wed May 6, 2026, 09:25 PM
3 hrs ago

It's more like a simple logic flow diagram. Rinse and repeat. Americans are like babies that haven't developed object permanence. You don't need to be smart to fool babies.

Solomon

(12,651 posts)
3. Well we've all seen some lousy scripts. Not all scripts are creative. I never said they are smart. Funny how WWE type
Wed May 6, 2026, 09:42 PM
2 hrs ago

drama has become a topic, even to the point of the administration getting ready to put on some kind of fighting event on the white house grounds.

But I get your point. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to distract the American public.

Intractable

(2,350 posts)
2. "They" certainly try to script our reality.
Wed May 6, 2026, 09:38 PM
2 hrs ago
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/846190-we-re-an-empire-now-and-when-we-act-we-create

Karl Rove > Quotes > Quotable Quote

“We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”
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