honestly, the churn-em-out political book industry and the bizarre downstream effects caused by its gross incentive structure is one of the most under discussed aspects of the modern state of alternate reality politics
https://twitter.com/djlavoie/status/1356262451742965761
there’s increasing evidence a lot of these books exist solely as money laundering vehicles to relocate PAC money into campaigns without leaving a clear trail. it’s a very fascinating scheme that’s not yet reached broad awareness
one of the funnier genres of trump tweets were his constant book promotions of books by all the MAGA mill hacks, the most obvious paid commercials of the era
and let’s not forget the new york times bestseller list’s important role in the book payola ecosystem
https://twitter.com/irisandmaeve/status/1356268817001951234
I get this shit is not sexy or all that interesting but it’s sort of incredible how transparently fraudulent the political book complex is: it goes on right under your nose! and no one even gives it the time of day!
https://twitter.com/primitiveradio/status/1356269132090511363
there is some really elegant irony in all these people being radicalized by the internet but funded by old-fashioned printed paper
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