Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert cartoon strip, explains why Donald Trump got elected — and why Adams was the first to predict The Donald’s success.
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President Trump’s Mastery Explained
Author: Redactor
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Sweden minus Norway
On September 23, 1905, Norway and Sweden signed the “Karlstad treaty,” peacefully dissolving the union between the two countries.
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Graham Greene
In a mad world it always seems simpler to obey.
Graham Greene, Our Man in Havana (1958).
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Clausewitz
We repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them. Even with the violence of emotion, judgment and principle must still function like a ship’s compass, which records the slightest variations however rough the sea.
Carl von Clausewitz, On War (1832), Book I, Chapter Three.
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Emancipation proclaimed
On September 22, 1862, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary proclamation that he would order the emancipation of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States of America that did not return to Union control by January 1, 1863. None returned, and the subsequent order, signed and issued January 1, 1863, took effect except in locations where the Union had already mostly regained control.
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Santa Claus
On September 21, 1897, the “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” editorial was published in the New York Sun. Note how long before Christmas this is. The Christmas season has long been a long affair.
Chief Joseph, of the Nez Perce, died on this day a few years later, in 1904.
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Willa Cather
There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.
Sun Tzu, The Art of War (c. 6th century BCE), from Chapter One.
On September 20, 480 BC, Greeks defeated Persian forces in the battle of Salamis.
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Yves Guyot
The dupe is the more ridiculous that if he only opened his eyes he must see how crude and flimsy are the artifices by which he has been swindled.
The aim of the Protectionist in every country is to reduce imports and encourage exports. Since there can be no selling without buying, if he attained his end international trade would cease and each nation be self-sufficing.
Yves Guyot, The Comedy of Protection, 1906, vii