As it says in the Bible, For now we through a glass, darkly; but then face to face. If it is face to face, there must be two looking. - Margaret Atwood

That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on.

I could end this with a moral,
as if this were a fable about animals,
though no fables are really about animals.

Creating some god for one's inspirations was always a good way to avoid accusations of pride should the scheme succeed, as well as the blame if did not.