2 ways conservatives have dominated politics. One is framing all issues in economic terms. The economy is a…

2 ways conservatives have dominated politics. One is framing all issues in economic terms. The economy is a con, a substitution of society by a set of numbers that reflect the status quo. And second, by owning our public communication. They don’t even need to win elections. /1 https://t.co/01Y3aOVim2

The two work together, the ‘media’ (of all varieties) owned by conservative interests repeat the framings 24/7. Meaning conservative politicians hardly even need to campaign, the work has all been done for them. And it’s done for them even when they’re not in power. /2

The frames and media interests never stop doing the political work they were set up to do. Hapless progressives think they win by winning the odd election, now and then. But their elected leaders are like deers in the headlights of these framings and media interests. /3

And their supporters berate them for not magically overturning the whole country, just because they won an election. Gough tried that, we saw how long the conservatives put up with it. Our electoral fundamentalism means we miss all of this, how politics really works. /ends