It's All for Show

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The present reality is undeniably clear: today's society is dominated by a paradigm where everything is crafted for the TV screen. Press conferences at the White House, Senate hearings, and short-form interviews have all transformed into staged performances, diluting the essence of rigorous debate.

Participants in this arena engage in a relentless battle of words, each vying to outscore their counterparts. But the true casualty here is the dialectic, usurped by a power game that has moved the goal post from serving the public good to merely outshining the opponent.

This spectacle doesn't measure damage in terms of the impact of policies on the common man or the nation's future. Instead, the new game's currency is personal reputation, influence, and the ability to spin narratives. This reality has pushed us into a Nietzschean era where the most cunning manipulator invariably prevails.

In this unsettling shift, we must ask: What happens to virtues like prudence, courage and temperance? Do power games overshadow the real-world implications of policies and decisions? When governance becomes a performance act for the cameras, does it not belittle serious policy discussions into mere exercises in point scoring?

In the face of these stark realities, it is absolutely essential to refocus on what governance should be: serving the people and making decisions that propel society forward. Sadly, the monetary realities of the fiat monetary system disincentivize reform. Until the money is fixed, governance will continue to be a shallow spectacle, devoid of true substance and lasting impact.