{"id":523775,"date":"2022-12-09T06:09:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T03:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/aoc-her-met-gala-dress-and-the-unseemly-rise-of-the-celeb-politician\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T06:09:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T03:09:34","slug":"aoc-her-met-gala-dress-and-the-unseemly-rise-of-the-celeb-politician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/aoc-her-met-gala-dress-and-the-unseemly-rise-of-the-celeb-politician\/","title":{"rendered":"#AOC, her Met Gala dress and the unseemly rise of the celeb politician"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d512368a09\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d512368a09\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/aoc-her-met-gala-dress-and-the-unseemly-rise-of-the-celeb-politician\/#%E2%80%9CAOC_her_Met_Gala_dress_and_the_unseemly_rise_of_the_celeb_politician%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;AOC, her Met Gala dress and the unseemly rise of the celeb politician&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAOC_her_Met_Gala_dress_and_the_unseemly_rise_of_the_celeb_politician%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;AOC, her Met Gala dress and the unseemly rise of the celeb politician&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Americans are starting to realize the worlds of government and Hollywood entertainment are fusing themselves together to the point where actors believe they know the legislative solutions to our <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> ills and politicians behave like central-casting hopefuls who\u2019ve never found a camera they didn\u2019t like.<\/p>\n<p>During Season 3 of \u201cKeeping Up with Ocasio-Cortez\u201d last year, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attended the star-studded Met Gala and garnered lots of attention for wearing her \u201cTax the Rich\u201d designer dress to an event that costs $30,000 per ticket. But her intention to tax the rich is about as real as any reality show. What has she done beyond voicing platitudes?<\/p>\n<p>AOC\u2019s now coming under scrutiny: The House Ethics Committee is investigating her after receiving two complaints alleging she violated House rules by accepting the Met Gala tickets from a corporate table sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>While I\u2019m surprised Congress has any ethics it abides by, I\u2019m not surprised Ocasio-Cortez felt it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate to attend such a function \u2014 because our celebrity-politician culture has only intensified over the decades.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-celeb-politician-330.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Complaints allege she broke rules by accepting the Met Gala tickets from a corporate table sponsor.\" class=\"wp-image-24951643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-celeb-politician-330.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-celeb-politician-330.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-celeb-politician-330.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-celeb-politician-330.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>The House Ethics Committee is investigating AOC after receiving two complaints alleging she violated House rules.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images For The Met Museum\/<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>America spent eight years with \u201cBarry\u201d Obama, who appeared on nearly every daytime and nighttime television show to talk primarily about his personal interests while avoiding criticisms about his feature role as POTUS. Even Donald Trump was cast \u2014 as America\u2019s arch-villain by the mainstream media to create an obsessive audience who hated his character more than his ideas.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>One of my earliest memories of a celebrity politician was Bill Clinton as he played the saxophone on \u201cThe Arsenio Hall Show,\u201d making millions of people fawn over his suave public image instead of his political substance. Today, though, our celebrity politicians don\u2019t even need to be likable, just infamous.<\/p>\n<p>Our politicians treat us like viewers tuning into the latest episode of a TV drama <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> called \u201cIncompetence,\u201d sponsored by Pfizer and Lockheed Martin. AOC had no qualms about walking side-by-side with the Hollywood elite because they\u2019re of the same celebrity ilk with the same elitist mentality.<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s attitude is far more pleasant when she\u2019s surrounded by wealthy celebrities than her mocking behavior when surrounded by her constituents demanding answers from the MIA congresswoman.<\/p>\n<p>Too many Americans have grown comfortable with feeling they must become fans of a celebrity politician instead of a constituent who deserves adequate representation. We wear their political paraphernalia with pride, enthusiastically repeat their catchphrases and cast our votes to witness another season with the same stars but a different plot.<\/p>\n<p>Politicians like AOC aren\u2019t here to work for you but to entertain you. They\u2019re here to play the role of the protagonist who feigns outrage when her scripted political opposition behaves diabolically and heroically saves the day with her rhetoric just before the end of the last act.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-celeb-politician-324.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Millions of people fawned over his suave public image instead of his political substance. \" class=\"wp-image-24951642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-celeb-politician-324.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-celeb-politician-324.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-celeb-politician-324.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bill Clinton garnered much notoriety after playing the saxophone on \u201cThe Arsenio Hall Show.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The reason the government is ignoring your calls to secure the southern border, ensure you\u2019re safe in your city and do something about your dwindling economic situation is that it\u2019s too busy attempting to entertain you. Being a celebrity no longer requires you to possess any unique talents or superior intelligence \u2014 much like to be a successful politician, you just need to find a way to grab attention.<\/p>\n<p>We often complain about not enough being done to support the average American, but we actively participate in this ecosystem of celebrity-politician narcissism. We would much rather converse about the gossip of the day than the policy of the day. We promote people we think we need to support instead of expecting them to lead.<\/p>\n<p>Just like any form of Hollywood entertainment, it\u2019s partly meant to distract you from your daily routine, and our celebrity politicians want to distract you as well \u2014 just from their daily routine. They want to divert attention from what they\u2019re not doing for you, their corrupt behavior and who pays them for their roles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-celeb-politician-329.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Obama cultivated a cool guy persona while in the White House. \" class=\"wp-image-24951644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-celeb-politician-329.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-celeb-politician-329.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/coleman-celeb-politician-329.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Obama appeared on nearly every daytime and nighttime television show to talk primarily about his personal interests. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No one believes Al Pacino is really Scarface, but we believe our politicians are the characters they portray on television. They\u2019re selected by lobbyists and industry insiders to play the role of your favorite protagonist \u2014 and we wonder why we don\u2019t get much of what we desire?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all been slowly trained to become consumers of their political-entertainment products, and politicians like AOC profit in the DC box office every time we give them our attention instead of our scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>Are you not entertained?<\/p>\n<p><em>Adam B. Coleman is the author of \u201cBlack Victim to Black Victor\u201d and founder of Wrong Speak Publishing. Follow him on Substack: adambcoleman.substack.com.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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