The hillbilly version. We have a bird. It could be an eagle but it doesn’t matter. The bird has two wings. With these two wings the bird is able to chart a course. Sometimes the course goes a little left or right. But without both wings, this bird doesn’t fly. The bird needs both sides for balance and to control direction. Both sides must work together if the desired flight path is to be achieved.

Dichotomy is defined as two opposite sides. A dichotomy by definition looks at topics from two different perspectives. Consider a coin as a two sided object. The coin has two sides (top bottom; left right; liberal conservative; democrat republican- you get the idea) and an edge. The edge supports the two sides. Without the edge there are not two sides. The edge can be razor sharp but does not have to be. The edge constitutes the middle of the two sides. One example of a large middle might be drawn as a bell curve. A bell curve that represents the 245 million Americans eligible to vote in the 2024 general election (Democratic and Republican) both want the best for the country. But they differ vastly on how to accomplish their respective goal for the best of the country. The two sides spent over 15 billion dollars on the 2024 presidential election, plus or minus a few million. I think we could agree, that is a lot of money. What would it cost if their goals weren’t the same? I digress.

The middle of our bell curve in our example is the largest part of the population. Each side attempts to sway the middle to their side or point of view. The winner declares a mandate because the got more votes than the other side. Is this true? We have the left on one side(72 mil) and the right(77.3 mil) on the other. Does this mean approximately 90 mil did not want either of the opinions? The edge is thicker than either side but, crammed in the middle, it is not visible.

How can the winner declare a mandate with 77.3 mil out of a possible 245 mil? That bird won’t fly.