RE: https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/116513903357052829
Speaking of Zack Polanski, check out this old man yelling at clouds;
"Polanski’s enormous popularity among the young is a sign of our politics adapting to what James Marriott has termed the 'post-literate society' — one in which passively watching screens has replaced reading as our way to source information, and frazzled attention spans no longer have the capacity to engage with complex ideas in any depth beyond a couple minute video."
https://thecritic.co.uk/zack-polanski-is-a-post-literate-politician/
Projecting much?
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That means talking like academics doesn't convince anymore outside the choir. It's no coincidence that groups who are growing the environmental movement have leaders and spokespeople who talk like ordinary people, using common or garden language.
Zack Polanski is a great example, and Gary Stevenson on finance and taxation too. Here they are chatting like ordinary blokes;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRVfmQkCSdk
I tried to do this as much as possible while laying out the messaging ideas above.
