At least until the 2024 election cycle starts even earlier than this one.

  • TotallyNotACIASpy [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Hm... I don't think we can discount the role that money plays. Politics has become a massive industry, from the news networks, to the staffers, to the campaigns themselves.

    The are a number of reasons that we have perma-election season in the US, but money/capitalism has to be pretty high up on the list.

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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      4 years ago

      Extending the span of campaigns is not just a capitalist grift,

      I wrote that part because I thought it was obvious.

      Yes, focusing energy and money to the anticipation of electoralism is also a way to divert energy and money away from other things, and to obscure the nature of politics.