While the Atlantic/MSNBC/CNN niche is real, there's also a deep hunger for the kind of cross-partisan anti-corporate civil discourse of @esaagar and @krystalball. They actually explain power.
https://twitter.com/esaagar/status/1404460818562007042
The hunger for cross-partisan explanatory journalism goes far beyond Breaking Points, of course. Louis Rossmann and @MKBHD, who seem apolitical but are actually getting into really deep politics, are doing well because there is such a popular hunger.
This video from @MKBHD is probably one of the most extraordinary explanations of Apple's use of market power put out in the last five years and it has millions of views. People want to know why the world is the way it is!
There's a loose network now of millions of people who watch these shows and talk about these ideas, but what is missing is the institutionalization. The Atlantic/MSNBC/CNN/Fox are tied into the partisan think tank and party establishments with personal and financial links.
There have been attempts, like Andrew Yang, who kind of rode to a sort of fame through these channels. But there are core missing pieces around linking the popular display of ideas, hooking those to some sort of political coalition, and linking that to a governing process.
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