absurd

if mitt romney gets elected president this year, i propose that that is a reductio ad absurdum of our political culture and procedures. he will be elected as a servant of the wealthy, and he will be elected by means of their wealth, at a moment when the hierarchy of wealth has grown excruciating. he is a person of no visible convictions whose whole procedure is to purchase the presidency by means of an infinite barrage of mindless attack ads. the idea at that point would be to move from occupy to destroy. but let me say again: a television commercial does not actually constrain anyone to do anything, and we'd need not only resistance, but some kind of universal self-examination. an american people who can be manipulated this thoroughly by money needs some kind of intellectual or spiritual awakening; folks with so little epistemic autonomy need to change their minds. an endless repetition of the same message ought to have the effect of making people loathe and reject it, not agree or vote for it. the last thing you want to do is prove professors of communication right.