Hollywood and its waning political influence are both following the same trajectory. Every time there’s a US presidential election, much is made in the mainstream media of celebrity endorsements. Others promise to bail out of the country if their candidate doesn’t win.
Because apparently the democracy they want is the one where the plebes do what they’re told at the voting booth by a handful of entertainers. Richard Gere is moving to Spain now and the Western press suggests that it’s because he’s angry that Trump conflated terrorists with refugees crashing the US border. That’s actually an interesting debate.
One that a guy who lives in a gated mansion on 32 acres, with 11 bathrooms, a guest cottage, and a pool, might be inclined to indulge, long before having to worry about actually grappling with the more glaring and pressing aspects of the immigration issue that the average citizen faces. Trump’s reelection suggests that voters are too fed up with grossly unmanaged or mismanaged immigration to concern themselves with the details. Which is also why the average American didn’t lose their mind like the establishment did over Trump’s remarks about Haitian migrants in Ohio eating people’s pets.
They just ripped off the audio of Trump’s voice and made videos on TikTok starring their own pets looking shocked about the possibility of being eaten. Debate raged about whether the assertion was even true, but it brought the immigration issue to the forefront and,.
