[TheRealThing]

⬆️ Your septic tank analogy notwithstanding, the art of politics, the science of it, if you will, is no cause to compare it to crap gathering. The intersection of human nature, in all its nuance and complexity, with power and policy and geopolitical realities is endlessly fascinating. Exploring Donald Trump the human being, then overlaying that onto Donald Trump the President: interesting stuff. Politicians can be noble, can be cads, can be a curious mixture of both. This is also true of the electorate. "We get the politics we deserve" sounds more profound than it is: we get the politics of a shared nature, in all its marvelous and awful complexity.

Never saw that quote anywhere, I have heard 'people get the leaders they deserve.' Other than that, I for one can say I've had enough of the marvelous deceit to last a lifetime and aptly so, because it's about to wrap up here on the big blue marble.