Has the U.S. political system degraded into two evenly-split electorates with the two parties trying to game the system to achieve a slight/durable advantage?
In reading the history of nations, we find that, like individuals, they have their whims and their peculiarities... whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first. --Charles Mackay from the foreword
I didn’t plant the guy at the IHOP or the woman at the hotel but it would be the subtle personal touch that the Evil Genius would do to throw you off the scent, don’t you think?
