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BBT #16 Snippet | The White House Is Posting Memes Now
The White House is in the meme business. Official government accounts are posting edited images, viral formats, and reaction content featuring political figures — and the public response is split exactly the way everything is split right now: half the country finds it relatable and engaging, the other half finds it a signal of how far the dignity of the office has traveled from where it used to be. But the conversation worth having is not whether memes are funny. It is what happens to political discourse when the line between governance and entertainment disappears — when the official…
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