An engine concept called 'The Spectacle,' framed around the Emanuel brothers operating across entertainment, politics, and health policy.
The idea that public drama is staged distraction while real infrastructure gets built underneath.
It describes Ari (entertainment/WME/WWE), Rahm (Democratic political enforcement), and Ezekiel (health policy) as running the show across both political wings, with heroes and villains cast on each side; groups like the Lincoln Project cash in on anti-outrage while QAnon cashes in on populist anger, and neither side actually threatens the underlying structure.
If both 'sides' of a fight are managed and profit from your attention, then the conflict itself becomes a form of control rather than a real contest.