Performative Declamation
Performative declamation people talking without speaking …
note: I am reminded that this needs more than a little editing and a bit of shortening. Ok. You may skim rather than read. Editing to come in a couple of weeks after 10-01-18
At Gettysburg, the featured speaker Edward Everett talked for two hours, and Lincoln for three minutes. Some thought Lincoln’s remarks were foolish and inappropriate. Chinese leaders never want to look foolish. I have sat through the one and two hour speeches that might have been delivered in ten minutes - if content were what mattered, rather than performance.
