@MikeGorse Sometime in the 80s Arthur Schlesinger Jr. wrote a book called The Cycles Of American History in which he posited that America’s history essentially reset every 30 years. I think, with the coming of tech and the revolution it brought in information availability and attention spans, that cyclical progression has been supercharged. Holy cow, I remember Election Day when #Obama won. It felt like my teams had won the Super Bowl and the World Series on the same day. I’m pretty sure I haven’t been that pumped up before or since. It truly did feel like we had reached a new, great day. And then, splat. It does occur to me that there were probably people who had that very same feeling when #Trump won last November. I can only hope their splat will eventually come. In the meantime, yes, I can related to your jaded and cynical feelings. To a great degree, I share them.