We are now all the audience to this global reality show.

 IT WILL CONTINUE EVEN AFTER TRUMP

AUDIENCE IS ALSO AN INTERACTIVE PARTICIPANT

We all witnessed the opening of this ongoing real life reality show with the introduction of Donald Trump as a main player in this ongoing saga. Many believe it was just Trump, but while he has savored this new ability to take center stage, it may have more to do with the internet, new alternative media and the ability to stream global events in almost real time.

In the past, we were at the mercy of the established media and often did not have access to real events until days or weeks after the fact and then it was often edited and manipulated to create the right narrative. While that still goes on, the manipulation is now part of the story. The media is also an interactive part of this ongoing real life drama.

While Trump may be the first to understand this new reality, I suspect other players are now recognizing this opportunity and making the most of it. Putin,  Zelensky, Xi, Khomeini, Netanyahu and Maduro are now also big players in this new story.  We can hear them and see them in near real time and they are able to become real participants and real people rather than just some caricature created by the media. 

The story, the play, the characters are real and come with all the human weaknesses, strengths and failings. We can watch all these human emotions and human nature on display, no less than in the best Shakespearean play. 

Much like the best theatrical production we have multiple plots and subplots some connected to a big picture cooperation, some isolated. Some are short lived and some continue for years. 

Then you have the ability of the audience to then become an interactive player in many ways, protests, coordination with the main actors and I suspect that it has led to an increase in voter participation fueled by emotions created by this new global reality show.

While we watch the show, we all must speculate what the ending of this show will be, as the plot thickens we are led in many direction and speculations as to what the end of the story will be. Then again, I suppose there will never be an end or final act as long as the internet and the ability to watch and participate continues.