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I saw the Bannon doco last night. He appears to be a huckster who knows the value of brand impressions regardless of content. Part of the faux celebrity and pseudo intellectualism that poisons our society. The guy enriches himself on chaos because the media empowers him.
There is a great scene in which Paul Lewis, a Guardian reporter in Venice is disgusted with Bannon's political marketing using veiled "dogwhistle" racism and intolerance. Bannon like Trump has consistently failed at his agenda but takes credit for success.theguardian.com/global/video/2…
The point Bannon does make is that the Left is terrible at political #fuckery and propaganda. There are probably a number of reasons beginning with the target market for Bannon's films. hollywoodreporter.com/news/time-stev…
As a strategist, I find Steve's idea of "strategy" interesting because they are mostly tactics. He combines his anti papist views, pop up causes, structured xenophobia and gadfly tactics into a branding business like the Kardashians. qz.com/898134/what-st…
Bannon is a grumpy old white guy who appeals to grumpy old white guys seeing their recessive Euro-nordic gene pool being removed from the planet. Not much nobility in that. But enough cash to fly on private jets and stay in five star hotels.
Both docs (I have seen no cuts from Errol Morris) are made by left leaning film makers and Bannon seems to delight them in yanking their chains but closes the door when he talks money.
The question that needs to be asked is who is funding his eurojunkets and US PR appearances? He has little to no audience when he appears in person. vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/s…
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