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Monkey for Mayor from This Day in Esoteric Political History

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

CHAPTER

Jokiness and Politics in the United States

i think that it strikes me as one of the defining features in modern politics. People just like, say, wild fon tb, or they tay tweat wild stuff. And then they can count a back track and be like, oh, no, it was just a joke. Gredt: The way that jokiness has sort of infused its way through politics is very slippery. N if one otroed, just take it to a more enlightening place, or a more encouraging place. A couple ther just tibits worth thinking b.

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