When a political party has played such a large part running this country into the ground, all the while assuming a pose of intellectual superiority, I deem it valuable to call out the pose, exposing their tactical and strategic blunders as a way of fighting that group. If that group were irrelevant to our politics and governance I wouldn't bother, but they're not. After being told for decades how stupid and retrograde my political views are by smug, condescending Democrats, I take a great deal of earthly pleasure doing so, and I hope other people of my political persuasion will also derive some pleasure from my article.

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players"
This Shakespeare quote underscores for me the question of why anyone outside this industry should care about this topic.

I understood why Peter Keating cared what the Banner printed. Even if it was an act, he was getting rich, and that could allow him to enjoy whatever earthly pleasures he wanted. But when he worried about putting on a show for the janitor, it became clear that all the world was a stage for him. There was no earthly pleasure at the end of the machinations. A show for an audience was the end in itself.

"There is no greater earthly pleasure than seeing people who pose as intellectually superior revealed as morons."
I don't get this, at least not from anyone not involved with putting on the show. It's a stereotype for teenage girls going through an identity crisis. But eventually people grow up either philosophically or just get too busy with their own show to focus on the topic other people falling into or out of favor for its own sake.

When it comes to policy, it's what I call the what's this all about? question. Obviously people involved have an interest in getting people fired up, but I don't get what's in it for people on the outside. This article suggests it's pure teenage identity crisis behavior with a fig leaf justification of serious policy matters. Is it that simple?