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Bombast Bursting in Air
The story, so far, of the 2016 election
Lapham, Lewis H. http://harpers.org/archive/2015/11/bombast-bursting-in-air/
Publisher: Harper's Magazine
Date Written: 01/11/2015
Year Published: 2015
Resource Type: Article
An essay on the 2016 election as a money-driven spectacle.
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It is neither wide open, nor, strictly speaking, a contest. It is a ritual reenactment of the legend of democracy as fairground spectacle: the proving that our flag is still there with star-spangled photo ops and bombast bursting in air, the candidates so well contrived that they can be presented as game-show contestants, mounted on selfie sticks until the come to judgement on Election Day before the throne of cameras by whom and for whom they are produced. The contrivances don't come cheap.
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