Bannon, the American Big Mouth

I just viewed Steve Bannon’s interview by Ann Coulter on PBS Frontline. The man is a master of BS and follows a tactic used by many folks in that category, like Trump, Berlusconi (Italy) or Tapie (France).

He reminded me of three individuals that I worked with, who used to drawn their listeners in a deluge of gab, never interacting, never responding precisely at questions or backing up their statements, but always including a few intriguing words into the sauce to make their speech sound more elaborate and credible.

The key for these Big Mouths to succeed is the use of monologue, as they can’t afford to let dissenting voices debunk their unfounded theories. Of course, in that case, the right-wing interviewer just let him unload his Nationalistic dogma as if it were Gospel. People like Bannon are malevolent weather-vanes that use any convenient cause to advance themselves.

For instance, what are the benefits of the kind of fierce Nationalism Bannon advocates, in a planet that is dying of over-exploitation and overpopulation? None whatsoever. Globalism is the answer. Globalism can work if well regulated.

Bannon and his disciples are master at stirring the pot of anger and frustration that lay in the common man by oversimplifying issues and blurting out simple-minded, but unpractical truths. The large number of folks that approve his theories are evidently lazy, dumb, mean, or a combination of the three.

Interestingly, and because it is founded on a piling up of meaningless words and gobbledygook, this kind of Big Mouth communication that relies solely on a verbal tsunami doesn’t export itself too well. Berlusconi and Tapie could only work in Italy or France, and if Steve Bannon succeeded somewhat in the U.K. in validating Brexit, he failed miserably during his recent Italian of French indoctrination campaigns.

Finally, I much prefer Steve Bannon’s upgraded new look. It’s definitely more civilized, even though it retains his record number of shirt layers!