There is no stasis in human affairs. This is a fundamental truth. Life cannot, and will not, be reduced to a snapshot in time. It shall proceed, and despite any effort to arrest it's momentum. One cannot stem the flow. To attempt it is vanity. And the product is misery. Both Liberals and Conservatives fail to comprehend this. Or if they do not, they pretend it is otherwise. No excess. No limitation. Only continuum.