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I talk a lot about whether a presidential candidate has good hair. Of course, it's partly tongue-in-cheek, but only partly. I do it to make a point: That the general appearance, the aura, of a candidate is what really matters most. This was confirmed by a conversation my wife and I had with a middle age couple we know from where we walk our dogs. This is a very nice couple. Friendly and thoughtful. They often greet us with some comment on current events, and it's clear that they're fairly well informed. Politically, I'd say they're left liberals who are open to socialist ideas. We were talking about the Democratic Party debates. The wife commented on which candidates she liked and which she didn't like. I forget her exact words, but it was something like, "there was just something about ___ that I liked. He/she seemed sincere." Something like that. I commented that in my opinion, what most people respond to is the general aura of a candidate, and she agreed. This was clearly including herself. I commented on hair and referred to Trump. Nobody would take Trump seriously if he were bald. It's really true, I swear it. Do a google image search "Trump bald" and you'll see what I mean. Part of his appeal is that he's so outrageous, and his hair adds to it. Without it, he's just a bald old guy. With it, he'd make an excellent car salesperson for a certain type of buyer. Seriously. Then I said that basically, a candidate for president is like a car salesperson, except what they're selling is the ideas of the capitalist class. Just like a car salesperson, different candidates have different strategies for selling those ideas. That's partly based on which audience (or potential customer) they're selling to and partly based on which kind of car they're selling - or which part of the capitalist class they represent. She agreed with all of this. -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
