Jeff Gates on Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:39:37 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime> What's the Matter with Politics? Home Shopping, That's What |
As the Republicans roll into NYC, I've begun to wonder: what's the matter with politics? It used to be clear: the Republicans represented wealth and the Democrats represented the working-class. But both parties have worked hard to fuzzy those distinctions over the years for their own self-interests. And it hasn't served the voter one bit. When it comes to class and economics, both parties seem to be in denial. When it doubt, I always turn on the TV. So I turned to QVC, my home shopping network for some answers. There I found all the class-conscious class I ever wanted. And there seems to be some correlation between home shopping and the political landscape. In order to sift through these issues, I've created a "conversation" between Lisa, one of QVC's "selling jockeys," and Thomas Frank, author of "What's the Matter with Kansas: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America." A few bystanders, like Ann Coulter, George Will, and G. Gordon Liddy chime in. "What's the Matter with Politics: Home Shopping, That's What" http://wetheblog.org/archive/000093.html # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net