Groundhog Day. Every artificially created dip gets bought by stronger hands.
"In order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted." William HazlittBut when deception fails, it unleashes the pent up power of an earthquake.
"what should you do to avoid being an idiot or a swine? Merely this: You should do something great, you should lay aside all the foolishness of a more of less long existence, you should become resigned to the fact that you will seem ridiculous to a race of janitors and bureaucrats if you are to enter the service of Splendor. Then you will know what it means to be the friend of God. The friend of God!"
Léon Bloy