19 October 2025
Democrats’ Main Problem
Democrats’ main problem, as implied by Chris Hayes in the 10/19/2025 NYT, is that they continue to focus on the content of political messages rather than on getting the attention of enough voters to win in the electoral college. Only if the federal electoral system is constitutionally changed will the substance of issues matter in national elections as much as the style in which they are presented.
\But there is a more fundamental problem. In today’s chaotic information communications environment, the attention spans of most of the public are overloaded through inescapable commercial and social media. There is a divergence between what gets covered in all media channels and what affects people’s lives. Consumers are more willing to pay, with their attention as well as with their money, for short-term gratification (including improbable promises) than for logical but long-term benefits.
Life is short. Playing up to the mass media-corrupted public now requires entertainingly convincing them of ways to shorten the time they must wait for ultimate rewards. It also means finding resources to achieve that.
Life is short. Playing up to the mass media-corrupted public now requires entertainingly convincing them of ways to shorten the time they must wait for ultimate rewards. It also means finding resources to achieve that.
Trump has always been a master at convincing consumers as well as bankers to buy and finance his schemes. Democrats have to shed the fear of failure that prevents them from feeding the optimism of the voting public. Like in the regard to their attitude towards Artificial Intelligence, critical thinkers must be willing to take risks in conceiving and proposing government programs. They can hedge their bets with competent management and appropriate safeguards.
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