Cynicism

A PAIR of leaders. A national anthem. A pretty backdrop, healthy children, a fluttering flag... Advertisements, particularly presidential campaign advertisements, are stories that know that what is shown is just a dream, and therefore no-one needs believe in it—yet actually they are also the belief-making machine.

This paradox resembles the Tibetan prayer wheels. The cylinders can spin like tops, and we can pray with them.

This is how

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