How?

How did this happen and where do we go from here? If one had a dollar coin, every time one has heard this expression in the last four years, one would be a millionaire several times over. What does one do? There is no answer to this question. There is only sequestered opinions, a loss of oxygen (from all of the words spoken), the shaking of a head, a shrug and a conspiracy theory ( If you are not a 'conspiracy theorist' by now, you just aren't that intelligent-a recent meme I have come across) One thinks of all of the posturing one has to navigate to make it through this intersection of dissonance of the word, 'How', and for some reason, one thinks of mining (yes, the mining for minerals!) One needs to mine this question...and what do miners do? They stay in one location, investigate the potential of an investment and then invest in material and human resources to that end, and then they start to go deep or depart...a bit like what one has to do when continuing to face this persistent etymological maxim. 

Next time, you hear someone ask, 'How did this happen?' don't waste any oxygen. Save the planet instead!

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