Marcus -
I commend you for your ability to remain distant from the subject... I
do believe there is an analogy to the Observer Effect in quantum theory
which suggests that one *never* decouples entirely from anything,
though such invocation might represent an abuse of the metaphor and
risks indulging in "excess meaning", etc.
> Tweaked in them.
>
>
>
> I think Trumpism is one of those... He was just trying to tweak up his
> brand and now he's halfway to being the world-dictator, and we helped
> do it by under-estimating the hope/fear we carry around the topics he
> tweaked in us?
>
"Sometimes the most you can do is nothing" - Anonymous friend full
of Aphorisms
"To know your enemy, you must become your enemy" - Sun Tzu
"The biggest risk in a confrontation is to *become* your enemy in
the process"
"He who must not be named" - JK Rowling
"I just call him 45, I won't reinforce his brand/name" Anecdotally
pervasive
"To be IN the world but not OF the world" - Sufism
"the Observer Effect" - Quantum Theory
- Steve
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