election results ad number fetishism.

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Watching last night, election reporting is  all numbers. A parody of modern civilization. Nothing is said by the commentators about content except reference to abortion and inflation. The numbers just get us upset, like the crowd at a sporting event. Let it go

Imagine that the commentators during an election week spoke of what candidates positions are and what those positions mean. means. Leave out the number of votes and the number of dollars spent. Shear numerical fetishism. betting. Not the way to run a democracy. The numbers (votes) could be announced on the last day of a voting week.