Sorry, I had the phrase wrong, the article called it "fan service":
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/trump-post-election-fan-service/2020/11/13/a70615f6-2511-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html We should also recognize, I think, that Trump did fantasize that the rioters might do something more terrible -- set the capitol building ablaze, cause many many deaths, etc. -- and he would absolutely have been willing to declare martial law, shut down the internet, all of it. So can we say Jan. 6 was both a pathetic tantrum and a "hail-mary pass" trying to see if he could finagle a real military coup? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/12/22/trump-didnt-attempt-coup-he-threw-temper-tantrum-that-never-had-chance/ ________________________________ From: Max Herman <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 11:06 AM To: Geert Lovink <[email protected]>; a moderated mailing list for net criticism <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <nettime> made for TV, made for social media Well said Geert! I have heard Trump's method compared to "customer servicing," by a film or TV critic in the NY Times or Washington post, theatrics to perpetuate his brand, sales, and followers: in a word, advertising. Do we want to say everything is all advertising and there is nothing else? There has to be a product too, even if it's nothing more than the output of a golden toilet. 🙂 Advertising and infomercials! Max ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Geert Lovink <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 10:13 AM To: a moderated mailing list for net criticism <[email protected]> Subject: Re: <nettime> made for TV, made for social media Good question, Keith. Was it a putch without a purpose of a mob without a cause? For sure they were all revved up, dazed by meme magick and shit, looking for the best selfie opportunity. Once we enter the heart of the power, and roam around there, we do not face power as such. No need to repeat here what Foucault and many other after him have written about power. We know, but what if one has to experience this at first hand, as riot tourists? The warriors were running through corridors, without a plan, needless to say, without their leader, as he was sitting in front of his TV set, around the corner, enjoying the images, watching the spectacle unfold, yet remaining silent at the decisive moment. There was no command, no plan, not even a serious counterforce. At best it was a ‘disruption’ such as promoted by Silicon Valley venture capitalists. Geert > On 8 Jan 2021, at 4:39 pm, Keith Sanborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Put another way, was it the burning of the Reichstag or the storming of the > Winter Palace? or neither? # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected] # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
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