We are asymptotically approaching the inflection point... [View all]

And it has been a forty-plus year journey of America’s spirit, morality, and its existential right to exist.

When Trump came on the scene all those years ago, he was ridiculous: an exaggerating pitchman for himself, his lifestyle, his businesses, and his family. He would say things in all seriousness that were untrue but unprovably so in an easy fashion: “the greatest building, the greatest steaks, the most beautiful women, the best airline, the tastiest water” and other exaggerated lies. And the populace and the media smiled, shook its head, and said “there goes Donald again.”

But he was performing an act of hypnosis which worked perfectly on millions of people. The equivalent of “Now watch this swinging shiny pocket watch as it goes back and forth” was cast upon the masses. These individuals wanted to believe that what he stated was true, and the fundamentals were all in place. The victim of any confidence game must possess both material greed and surety that his or her fellow conspirator is generous in helping that individual. The old scam which takes place in front of a bank involving an envelope with thousands of dollars is one excellent example.

The people who have been thus hypnotized are now willing subjects of this magician and simultaneously reject any truth told to them as a lie, particularly any negative statement concerning the magician.

But over time, some individuals begin to understand for whatever reason or reasoning that this individual has been either mistaken or outright lying to them. It is very important that it be understood that each of these individuals believed that the magician has been addressing him or her personally, even though there is an audience in reality of tens of millions. The problem for those who are righteous is that in order for more people to lose faith in the magician trick, the next mistake or grievous harm must be greater in magnitude, as we societally define correctness, than the last.

So in order to reach the top of the popularity curve there must be some occurrence so untoward that the metaphorical sled is pushed over the top of the hill and begins its descent. Some believe this has happened or is beginning to happen with the multiple accusations of pedophilia and Ephebophilia. Perhaps it will be sufficient.

Or perhaps we will have to wait until a sufficient number of people and their families are truly suffering for the body politic to reach the inflection point. We shall know soon where we stand. The entire business reminds me of the old false paradox which stated that “motion is impossible” - Since we must travel half the distance in a finite amount of time to reach an objective and then travel half the distance again in another finite period of time and so on to infinity, then we can never reach that point in finite time.

We observe this governmental insanity and wonder if we are living this false paradox. Perhaps we are. Perhaps we are not. Time will tell, but the ending is presently in doubt.