"Politics Lost"

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The paper discusses Klein's contention in his book, "Politics Lost", that American democracy has turned toward bland, uninspiring politics where politicians use obscure jargon and incoherent thoughts to manipulate people into voting for them. The paper explains Klein's assertion that politicians only talk about subjects their aides advise them will attract voters for them. The writer, however, does not fully support Klein's argument; the writer maintains that people have demonstrated time and again that they will not stand for that kind of dishonesty from the same person for very long.

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"Politics Lost is a chronicle of American democracy's slow and disturbing turn toward bland, uninspiring politics where politicians use obscure jargon and incoherent thoughts to manipulate people into voting for them. Klein looks back to the past three decades, where every word, phrase and statement is manufactured and fake, so that the politicians who use them can talk for hours without actually saying anything. He asks the reader to question when this trend started happening and why the people choose to put up with it? When did politicians lose the courage to talk about issues they were truly passionate about and limit themselves only to what the polls said? In a town where everything you say and do is recorded for your opponent to pick apart, how could they?"

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