![]() ![]() Politics has become something comical, yet simultaneously deadly serious. Serious in both senses of the word – in that politics are important and impact our everyday lives and in that one simply ought not laugh at them. ![]() News no longer streams passively from one or other channel, but now comes hurtling at you via social media news feeds – much of which we should be suspicious as to its being “news.” Yet at the same time, it seems harder and harder to take politics entirely seriously. All around the world, something momentous seems to be happening each day – a situation certainly propelled forward by the now ubiquitous 24-hour news cycle. It would be hard to argue right now that contemporary politics are boring. Kundera, Jokes, and Politics: Ist de Žert das Ding an Sich? ![]()
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