It's always trouble in Rome. We're not senatorial, we're not looking for trouble. We're just philosophers, and we don't write things down because you never know.
We do talk, however, and right now the subject is the great success of the Democratic National Convention to develop a story that gave great entertainment to the people in the convention hall in Chicago (23,000 we’re told) and to the Democrats across the country watching and to anyone who appreciates political theater—as we Romans do.
The Circus Maximus and the Colosseum were about entertaining to demonstrate authority and that the gods love us. And that was an entertainment.
The entertainment that we witnessed with the nomination of Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States, to be the new emperor, the new president of the United States, was managed with precision. The applause at the end was heartfelt by the people in the room, in that vast chamber, and the people at home.
And that is a good step towards claiming the throne. I understand it can appear that Kamala Harris is inheriting the throne, but you do have to demonstrate that you have skills such as Circus Maximus. And in our time, the emperors who did have those skills had advantages over those who did not.
How do you measure how the Democratic National Convention will use this established success? Where do they go next in the days left till the vote?
LINKS:
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor on YouTube
The John Batchelor Show on Apple Podcasts:
Post-DNC: The Great Entertainment