Mike C wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:04 pm
He's facing what we call a prisoner's dilemma. Those electoral votes in Michigan and Wisconsin are determining his policy choices which is never a good thing.
Exactly. Imagine a home filled with a couple, plus their respective brothers and sisters, say one each, plus two in laws, and their offspring, say eight, for a total of fourteen people
where the responsibility on the daily decisions about the home, its upkeep, its standing vis a vis the neighbors, the people in other neighborhoods, the local, state, national, and even vis a vis their international friends and foes, are not made by anyone in particular but are backed by each and every one of those under that same roof.
It looks ideal, until the mistakes they are all making can not be easily reversed. I really hate to bring a personal case into the forum, but in 1902, my family home was lived by two people, the lady who built it, and her hubby. Then on a period of ten years, it was lived by seven, as they had 5 offspring. Then, in 1944 and with all of the offspring married, and OUT of the home, the Lady moved to the capital and rented her home to a family consisting of 50 people. Fifty. Then, in 1974 the renters bought the property, and in 2006, they decided to sell it.
But they didnt have the RIGHT papers, so someone told them I, then 54 years old, knew why they couldnt find them. So the buyers called me, and after I told them, they were able to buy the home, now amongst the top hotels in one of the cities I know best, in fact the oldest in the Western Hemisphere whether located in an island or not. It was founded in the year 1,524 by the conqueror whose second last name serves as the name of this country's currency.
The short end of the story is that, in every situation, there has to be
one person in charge, not 50. Since the lady who built it died in 1973, the ones who were then renting it thought they would live there forever, LOL, so no papers were requested from the Ladys daughter, who inherited it. Until they saw, in 2005, that the opportunity had arrived for them to make a mint selling it to a hotel chain . Just the renovations cost them $1.500,000, that is how those 50 who had lived there since 1944 had almost destroyed the home. But the Barcelona born lady who bought it was REALLY in charge, and she reversed the MESS the 50 had "accomplished" by turning it back into the beauty that it once was. So there is hope after all...
