I believe the perceived pendulum effect is caused by indirect forces, such as economic conditions and military actions, as well as the more direct force of the simple human desire to be contrary. The grass *is* always greener on the other side of the hill, don’tcha know?

America tends to swing more toward the liberal side of the spectrum as foreign threats to national security are erased or perceived as unimportant. When there’s no problem to be solved (or we’re tired of trying) outside our borders, we become introspective and try to implement some type of utopia. Of course, utopias are folly.

The collapse argument makes a good point, because liberalism at its extreme it becomes socialism, one of those unsustainable utopias. At some point, you have collapse, revolution or both. Fortunately, we still have a long way to get there, but the machine in office next year will have the opportunity to accelerate the process.

It’s not inevitable, but we’ve (they’ve) set us up for it. Only tough love and people assuming personal responsibility will stop the fall, but instead, we’ll get tough taxes and even less personal responsibility.

I wonder if Obama’s supporters will begin to see the man behind the curtain, or if they will continue to see the figment? I wonder if they’re like the Clinton supporters who are impervious to reality?

I grieve and hope I am wrong.