I lit right up today as I read, "[People's] private life would become merged with their public."

Not because I'm a communist or a socialist, but because I cannot fucking STAND it when someone's impersonal, sterile track record is their ticket to influencing the people around them. The psychological ripple effect of a fake, ego-inflated spin doctor who wants his or her arse kissed poisons our society. I want to know WHO this person is in private before I allocate a societal role to him or her.