The essence of epic tragedy is the inescapable truth.
Try it for yourself.
It is summed up by a fittingly ironic old Arab saying: I would rather deal with a fool that I know than a fool that I don't know.
To me it is obvious that we are offered a choice of fools, but I refuse them all, I resist.
Should there be a contest for the fate of our nation, I will join. Should there not, I will move on to somewhere else. The difference between America and the third world grows narrower all the time. If I must be ruled by idiots, I will at least choose my own idiot. One perhaps, upon whom I may have some small influence.