Eli,
Bear with me.
Apologies to apiarists and myrmecologists. My impression on how bees and ants find food is they all indvidiually set out sort of randomly. One finds something, others follow, until the food runs out or someone randomly finds a better supply and they all follow to that new supply.
I thing much of capitalism operates this way and it explains the boom/bust nature of markets.
The French Revolution operated somewhat similarly. Adopting an increasing revolutionary position worked until it didn't. Kind of like the ants/bees/capitalism metaphor.
Seems to me that is what is happening with the Kavanaugh accusations. Some of them the charges seem absurd but as long as they are having an impact the ants will throw them out.
My theory also explains the path of the Democratic party towards Democratic Socialism. If something is working, why not try the next logical step. Worked for the Dems right up until the point of 1972: Nixon-Everything, McGovern-Nothing.
Trump is the peripatetic ant, always shouting to the group: Hey, there's another food pile right here! Everyone follows, but he's only there long enough to spot another food pile and tweet to everyone to follow.
The press are, of course, the useful idiots (emphasis on idiots) in this game.
Bill
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