12th July 2017, 11:14 PM
Literally the only positive thing to come of the Trump presidency might be a shakeup of the whole system. However, people might be so desperate to go "back to normal" that they overlook typical corruption as "at least not completely stupid". That's the other possibility, that we lower the bar to the point we tolerate evil so long as it isn't stupid evil.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)