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The Narrative Rationality of Power

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GUN GUN HERYANTO
· 6 minutes read
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There were interesting things in the speech given by Barack Obama, the 44th US president, when he campaigned to support a Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate in New Jersey and Virginia, on Oct. 19, 2017. Part of the interesting speech, which became an impressive political message, related to the current situation in the US, which is colored by sharp polarization in the community - an impact of the US presidential election won by Donald Trump.

"If you have to win a campaign by dividing people, you\'re not going to be able to govern them. You won’t be able to unite them later if that’s how you start." This is a piece of Obama\'s speech, which is interesting to discuss in the context of the phenomenon of electoral contests that often become a "horrible procedural ritual" because they frequently justify any means to obtain or maintain power.

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