Comparison:
. . . the 2024 election was not a traditional binary choice between two coherently opposed political alternatives, the electoral equivalent of the Yankees versus the Red Sox. It was the Yankees versus a flaming tennis ball launched into orbit by a Tesla rocket—a choice not between two teams but between completely different sports.
A journalist provides insight via a four-part analogy that includes a negated framework premise (in this case Yankees vs. Red Sox); many good comparison dynamics are thereby unleashed. Yair Rosenberg stretches both gravity and focus to allow him to characterize the essence of the choices offered in the 2024 Presidential election in the USA.
Context:
But in actuality, the 2024 election was not a traditional binary choice between two coherently opposed political alternatives, the electoral equivalent of the Yankees versus the Red Sox. It was the Yankees versus a flaming tennis ball launched into orbit by a Tesla rocket—a choice not between two teams but between completely different sports. Many voters who thought they knew the rules to the game and would turn out the winners are now discovering that they didn’t and won’t.
Citation:
Rosenberg, Yair. “The Trump Backers Who Have Buyer's Remorse.“ The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2024. Web.
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