Opinion: Michael Bloomberg is our times ‘Citizen Kane’

I never thought that knowing Orson Wells movie ‘Citizen Kane’ would be this relevant for our times, but it apparently is. In that movie, the main character Charles Foster Kane is a rich New Yorker willingly going into a political campaign, owning newspapers and a vast empire. Having an ego and narcissistic view of himself, as the grand man and a man for the people. Even when he was richer than God and had Xanadu as his playground with all the wonders of the world.  Still, he was never satisfied and felt betrayed that he didn’t get elected and lost because of a shady love-affair with a singer that would spoil his reputation.

In this manner, Michael Bloomberg fit perfectly well. He has the campaign behind, he has all the money the world can offer. He owns a media empire, his even a former Mayor of New York. Surely, he has his copy of Xanadu somewhere. Bloomberg is a man who creates scandals, all by himself and his own history. He has used power and words before to address the ills of society, but not for betterment. Instead to amplify the problems and racial abuse people. Therefore, wealth isn’t a sign of moral judgement.

Bloomberg is an “oligarch”, a Richie rich rich soft of fella. He has had the ability to be relevant because of his wealth. Be a part of any conversation because of his stature. Not because of his vitality or his policies. No, his just another New York Mayor bashing in wealth, who succeeded by another one of those.

Mikey Mike think he deserves it. Nevertheless, he don’t just because he got money. Doesn’t mean he will get the love. He can campaign like Citizen Kane, use all the tools of disposal, buy allegiance and a fancy media rollout, but that doesn’t shade away the grim facts about this man. That his used to get away with everything and gotten into every room because of his money. Not because of his skills, charisma nor his message. No, because Bloomy is Bloomberg. That’s why his been there.

He can run a TV Network, own newspapers and do what it do. However, that doesn’t mean his fit for office. That he owns conglomerates doesn’t mean his the leader of men. Only, that he knows how to grow money and get people on the money train. That his a racists and misogynist should be a warning sign in itself. However, he thinks he can away with it and it doesn’t matter, because a media can overshadow those things.

Bloomberg want to be loved by the people like Kane, but he will not be. Because, his words hurt, the words uttered against woman and African-Americans are just disgraceful. That he been open for “stop and frisk” someone because of their identity, not because of their record or what they possess. Show his true self.

That the Democratic Party wants a Trump 2.0 running their primaries is also astonishing, considering they are supposed to want to defeat him with a significant difference and not with his evil twin. Because, there is little difference in the clientele and the acts of Bloomberg. Only that he has a Democratic ticket and such. His actions and words of the past would easily fit the bar of the Republicans today.

Therefore, our Charles Forster Kane of 2020 might continue to linger, might try to force his stay. But will he welcomed, will he gain real standing and support? Is it all monetary based on the belief that another billionaire got the capacity to run the Republic? Is that it? If so, what a sad state of affairs for the United States. That it sinks so low and has so little faith in their own.

Bloomberg should back out, take the route of being a donor or whatever they call it. However, not run for office. His not fitting. Boss Getty’s got the US covered and others like him. Mike doesn’t do it. He should leave the race and relax at Xanadu. Look over his artefacts and statutes. Look over his empire and smell the coffee. Not think that people will love him because his rich. They wouldn’t love him, they just want a part of his cake. Peace.

Opinion: Tired of certain types of Politicians who are snake-oil salesmen with their political speeches and writings!

“Every time I hear a political speech or I read those of our leaders, I am horrified at having, for years, heard nothing which sounded human. It is always the same words telling the same lies. And the fact that men accept this, that the people’s anger has not destroyed these hollow clowns, strikes me as proof that men attribute no importance to the way they are governed; that they gamble – yes, gamble – with a whole part of their life and their so called ‘vital interests.”

― Albert Camus

It already decades since Albert Camus graced this blue earth with more water than soil, still his words could be used today and his wisdom is still able to question our leaders of today. The resembling manner and tone, the bristling and blatant words that is still has the sharpness of a blade and cut into the bone.

Why? Why can it cut because the manners of politicians decades ago, seemingly is the same today. As the lies and deceit hasn’t left the politics. Neither has the foul play to gain power instead of serving the public. In general theory the Local Council Members, State Representatives, Governors, Senators, Members of Parliament (MPs) and the Executives are supposed to honour their pledges and be accountable to their caucus, constituency or district. Instead they are more loyal to their own careers than serving their voters. So often feels like a broken bridge between the public, the voters and the representative.

The bridge as they only appear right before the die is cast, sorry, the voters has to cast their ballot or polls as their job is on the line; their legitimacy and their relations has to be kept in upkeep as the liability towards the public sphere is important to promise and pledge to fix housing, roads, hospitals, civic education and save the kids. If not they will save the nation or district from biblical disasters, terrorists and unknown dangers.

We have all heard it and know the clichés and the artificial blend of phrases in a rhetorical manner, especially in a coded manner that could fence the xenophobia, the fear and the destructive tone. Some uses the coded language not to promise or really say that they will build the bridge or fix the schools; more that they see the effort and will stay strong together with the politician and his ruling regime.

Still, we accept this for the faith that the fake and lively attitude to collect the votes from us. The reality is that the lies and fakes to satisfy the play of guards and the sovereign measures of needed institutions to control and have oversight of the state. We should still ask questions to the needed for the lies in speeches and care as the politicians rather spend their time with family, than cutting bonds on roads in the province of nowhere with a local mayor who hate the guts of the Infrastructure Minister who feels betrayed by the locals as they wouldn’t vote for his party if their lives dependent on it.

The seasoned man, who has been in rain have made you wet, who has been in the sun has gotten burned. The measures men does to secure itself with umbrellas and jacket to keep each other dry, the same with sun-cream and others to keep the skin-away from the burning sun. Therefore the men who does so should also be able to pick away the men and woman who lies for their trade.

The quack-sellers and the snake-oil salesmen are in the trades of the Politics. Therefore some politicians earn coinage on their pivoting, their change of heart and their tricks to always stay in the good graces. But this is the not the men of solitude or the men of honour or trustworthy. You never know what they really stand for or what their ethical background as their choices are more a popularity contest of American Idol or Big Brother than of politics.

That is the reason why men like Nigel Farage, Donald J. Trump or other rascals with very little soul for their initial policies or political framework can get space in the political landscape as our tabloid headline dramatics can give space and airtime on radio and TV for their message. The message creates high ratings and secures advertisement monies to the Media Houses who couldn’t care less about the outcome of an election as they are there for profits; not for the common-good or service delivery of the politicians.

So we are at the time of day where the words of Albert Camus are righteous as the politicians are not telling about secret meetings, keeping the main objectives between the government funding, the multi-national companies and the trade-agreements; also with the bilateral agreements between nations and international organizations that are happening between the closed doors and is why the dossiers through whistle-blower’s are hurting the campaigns and the national security. But most likely also destroying the façade the politicians create and their level of PR expertise and also beholden to the laws they are supposed to keep.

The mentality of this together with the double-edged swords of public perception can cross through the flesh and destroys careers of an ordinary politician as the sexual adventures of Dominic Strauss-Kahn (DSK), but a few blunders haven’t stopped the Republican Nominee Trump. But at these times the lies and fakery seems to let him win over the American nation, instead of them repelling from his words.

So the political speech should be coded and with current words that express the views and place in the political landscape. Still, today there are more worrying signs of the way it is portrayed and accepted as the men behind the words are not stopped or feasible destroy the character not give the politician the space on the mainstream media.

This should be a worrying and not be a place our modern society should be in, where we let stone-age rhetoric and hatred towards fellow humans beings get away with their malicious attempts of gripping power by the teleprompter and by the social media machine of the political parties and the PR experts supporting the Politicians. Therefore the Citizens Kane of the world usually gets discredited on their way to public office, but now it is free-for-all.

Just like Citizen Kane as Charles Foster Kane in his final speech in his campaign for becoming Governor of New York:

“It is no secret that I entered upon this campaign with no thought. That I could be elected Governor of this state!  It is now no secret that every straw vote, every independent pole, shows that I will be elected. And I repeat to you – my first official act as Governor will be to appoint a special District Attorney to arrange for the indictment, prosecution and conviction of Boss Edward G. Rogers!” (Citizen Kane, 1941).

Other Politicians of these days are convicting fellow politicians without trials as a political gain and earn coinage on their bad moral. This is their moral and bad judgement that deserves to be punished with conviction and getting on trial through going courtside for their acts and activity. So with this in mind, the lying political speeches and does it with vital interest of the public sphere.

Main question after this triad from me; why should we accept his behaviour and accept these men leading us without any real discredit or any real consequence for the politician? This is what the society gets together with the public who is eating the bullshit from the politicians. But, that isn’t it, right? Peace.  

Citizen Kabel

Ikke at denne er Kain eller Abel. Vi lever i verden som er avhengig av internett. Skal du etter nye ordningen til skatteetaten, der du skal levere skatten din i forhold til bedriften der du ansatt via Altinn. Ikke nok med det, det skjer jo nesten ikke ansettelser hvor brev med kreditering er sendt. Du sender enten via Finn.no eller NAV sine nettsider.

Vårt samfunn lever på smart-telefoner og trådløse nettverk. 3G. Nye abonnenter hvor det er viktigere med Megabyte enn at telefonen kan faktisk kan brukes til å ringe med. Alt skal lagres på nett skyer(for eks dropbox) hvor du alltid kan ha tilgang til dokumenter og annet digitalt materiale. Ikke vits å ha det på sin egen laptop. Siden, vel, vi har alltid tilgang til nettet. Det kommer aldri til å bli vekke. Du kan stole på at signalene kommer fram fra hvor hen de kommer fra. Akkurat som spøkelser dukker opp under senga og skremmer deg.

Alt skulle bli bedre når vi kuttet ut kabler til nettet. Stabilt og kjapt. Fordi modem ville sinke farten og oppringingen ville kuttes ut. Rutere vil sikre koblingen til det nødvendige i huset. Alle plasser jeg har bodd med trådløst nett har det vært nede tid. På det meste flere dager. Noe som aldri skjedde med kabel. Selv om kabelen var vesentlig tregere var det forutsigbarhet. Trygghet. En viten at når du koblet deg på denne, ville du ha en stor, eller nesten selvsagt at du kunne gå på nettet. Nå skrur du på pc’en. Kanskje går det en time med passe stabilt nett. Etter det igjen. Detter det du ut og «trouble shoot» skiten. Nye nettleserne som Crome og Firefox krasjer fordi ikke klarer å ta tileggsprogram. Som du trenger for nettbank og viss sikkerhet på nettet. Vil jo ikke ha en rumensk bande slashe alle dine kontakter, kontanter og kontaktinformasjon. Tømme bankontoen og lese alle dine personlige G-Mail før kinesiske styresmakter sensurer livskiten ut av internett.

Moderne borgere er helt avhengig av nettet. Staten har bygd ut tjenestene sine der. Bedriftene og skolene vi går på legger jo informasjonen der. Kan jo ikke finne eksamensråd utenom å gå på nettet. Stikke innom deres spesial e-mail tjeneste eller få råd av med studenter på Facebook. Du trenger ikke å være Obi Wan til å forstå at den eneste muligheten til få tak dette er en viss stabilitet. Ikke snakk om en løs føderasjon som kan knekkes med nepotisme eller særdeles hyggelige føydale krigsherrer som kjemper om luften og alt dens innhold. Om den inneholder radio, tv eller støv- den takler ikke signalene som takler internett. Fordi disse faller som fluer.

Bare at du kan sitte hvor som helst å sjekke ut nettsider. Akkurat som det egentlig er nødvendig å alltid være oppdatert. Sjekke TMZ, VG eller Aftenposten. Facebook eller twitter. Instagram eller snap chat. Dette tar meg tilbake når du ville være ofte innom MiRC å sjekke om de kule folkene var tilbake.. Noe de av å til var og av å til ikke. Du vil jo ikke gå glipp av noe.

«Rosebud» anyone? Citizen Kane. Han ville ha alt og fikk alle ting i denne verden, men allikevel  mistet alt. Er det der vi er imot? Vi skal få med oss alt. Ikke at vi lever i det, men slik blir det. Vi skal være der, men på et vis er vi ikke der. Fordi vi er der hele tiden. Ser, kikker og loggfører oss. Vi har på eget initiativ nesten beskrevet bedre våres tanker og handlinger bedre enn det de gjorde i DDR. Ja, jeg tar hardt i, men tenk over det. Alle handlinger blir beskrivet en eller annen plass på sekunder, minutter og max timer etter det skjedde. Hvor mange lovpriser Gareth Bale etter en scoring for Tottenham, minutter etter det har hendt? Hvor mange har ikke skrevet noe fantastisk om Messi de siste årene? Hvor mange bilder av familie turer og middagsmåltider har du observert den siste tiden? Har ikke en kamerat fortalt om sitt elegante øyeblikk og strålt sammen med solen i Rio? Kjenner du deg igjen? Eller skal jeg sende deg en MLK. Vi jobbet for å bli, men på veien har vi blitt bundet på frivillig basis. Ja, jeg blander elementer fra liberale og autoritære- det er selvbevisst. Fordi veien fra himmel til helvete kan være kort. Akkurat som et moderne skjørt. Sykt kort. Nesten like kort som tiden det tar for å se nye oppdateringer på facebook.

Instagram this bitch out. Husk å bruke # og skriv noe fantastisk. La det bli smørmykt som John Legends stemme. Lag din egen status oppdate så rå som noen av refrengene til Nate Dogg. Kom med en kommentar så ubetalelig at Eminems punchline ville ikke være i samme klasse.

Å for all del husk å alltid være tilgjengelig. På mobil og nettet. Du kan ikke være gjemt noen plass. Alle ser deg. 1984. Den usynelige hånden klapper og sparker igang nye effekter til å gjøre deg mer avhengig av nettet. Du kan jo ikke unngå å gå inn. Alt vil gå til helvete. Samtidig mister du ditt «Rosebud». Vil du miste det? Vi har jo alltid Paris. Har vi virkelig det?

Rom ble ikke bygget på en dag. Nettet og disse tjenestene kom ikke over natten. Selv om de plutselig skriker til deg, akkurat som fansen til Justin Bieber tidligere i år på Telenor Arena. Et hylekor som er så høyt at en bibelsk basun ikke vil dekke den toniske og foniske bråket. En desibel måler vil sprenges. Å alt som er hellig for ett bråk. Du trodde tv-reklamer til Skeider eller Grandiosa er tidstyver. Tro om igjen. De er en picnic, akkurat som baconet. En enkel boks picnic.

Derfor sitter vi her i dag i trådløs verden. Hvor alt henger i sammen. Alt vi kjenner er koblet til nettet. All informasjon er på nettet. Hvis du skal undersøke noe. Googler du. Hvis du skal sjekke ut om damen som flørter med er verdt noe. Sjekker du på nettet. Da kan sikre deg at hun har en personlighet som er god, eller sjekker historien hennes og det som tilgjengelig. Om det er tiltrekkende. Kan jo ikke gå inn i blinde å finne det ut ved å spørre vedkommende eller være ærlig. Skal finnes og sjekkes. Og hvis hun var tidligere medlem av Rødt eller kvasi sosialist i SV. Så kan jo legge to og to i sammen å vite at drømmebilen din glemmes. Så du må finne ei annen.

Så her sittet jeg. Av mystifiserer en verden. Som jeg er en del og vært en del av dens utviklig. Langt fra perfekt. Kapitalen styrer samtidig som vi som autonome tenkende vesener lar de enten styre over oss eller gledelig gi blaffen. Hva vil du? Vi kan ikke gå tilbake til kabler eller gamledags laptoper. Vi kan bare .. leve i den realiteten vi er den av. Å gjøre det beste av den. Uansett hva det gjelder. Det gjelder bare om hvordan vi skal bruke vår tid. Tid er den viktigste enhet vi som mennesker kan bestemme over. Hva vil bruke tiden på. Spille FIFA? Se Aalesund mot Brann? Eller skal vi prøve å glede våre medmennesker? Skal vi sjekke hva de driver med? Eller bare sitte i stillhet og lese en bok?

Det viktigste, vi trenger ikke nødvendigvis loggføre alt vi gjøre på nettet. Uansett om det er via kabel eller trådløst. Min teori er ikke at vi er så veldig annerledes enn de før oss. Bare bruker vår tid ulikt og hører på andre artister. Nok om det. Du er sikkert lei av mine tanker. Som viser enda mer hvordan jeg loggfører meg på nettet. Peace.