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The Case for Existential Politics
Oh girlfriend, you are so right.
Anyone who watched the 2nd round of the Democratic debates for the 2020 presidential election was likely hella caught off guard by spiritual teacher and author Marianne Williamson in between biting their nails watching Kamala Harris chew out Joe Biden and wondering who the hell Michael Bennett is. Memes on the Twitterverse immediately began circulating (please do Google them, they are golden) on Williamson’s wonky/spiritually-tinged/huh/random AF performance in the debate. And don’t get me wrong, there were certainly some funny moments — the Texan bourbon drawl coupled with a bold declaration to take on Jacinda Ardern in making America, not New Zealand, the best place for a child to grow up definitely did me in (“oh girlfriend, you are so on!”). Seriously. I can’t even either.
But Williamson’s essential message — which you can parse out through a few of her speaking moments in the debate and watching other videos of her townhalls in Iowa — is not a laughing matter. Its actually a message that should be resonating far more in a country whose moral fabric is eroding faster than Joe Biden’s poll ratings hopefully are after that debate performance (seriously America — why him?).
