I’ve seen that saying, that progression of our human nature, attributed to a couple different people, one was G.K. Chesterton, and I forget the other. Whoever first realized it and put it to paper certainly described it accurately.
I agree with you on where we are in that cycle. Thank God Trump came along when he did. He’s not perfect, but he’s what we need right now.
I’m an amateur astronomer, have been for almost 50 years, and my telescope is a refracting telescope with 3 lenses that are 115 millimeters in diameter. For lack of more creativity choosing a screen name, It just popped into my head to use that.
I have a Celestron 11" SCT. Out at our farm it is dark enough to see the Milky Way quite clearly with the naked eye. I have contacted a contractor that we used to build our tractor barn about building a small observatory so I can leave it set up permanently. But we live in Texas so it will need some power and a small airconditioner to keep the interior of the observatory from reaching sweat-box conditions.
For my own screen name, I used to fly until I had an eye problem. My phlyer (pronounced flier) is a hold over from that time.