As long as there's something like gravity to govern the object's behavior, it's harder to observe the effect, and we don't see it as any kind of big problem because we have relatively stable conditions, and the objects generally rotate on either of the two axes that are most prevalent. Remove gravity, and the thing flip-flops regularly and frequently enough for us to see it plainly in real time.
Imagine a politician or a political party - and further imagine that the governing force is the basic morality of an individual.
Now think of a democratic self-government where you have a process of checks and balances built in, but you systematically remove pieces of that process over time.
That 3rd thing - the 3rd axis that we don't spend much time or energy noticing - becomes a more dominant factor.
There are some vexing questions rattling around in my head right now.
eg:
How did "the party of Lincoln" become the party that fights to reinstate so many of the things Lincoln (and other Republican presidents) fought to abolish?
How did "the party of fiscal responsibility" become the party that dramatically increases our Revenue Deficit and the National Debt every time they're in power?
How does "the party of freedom and patriotism" become the party that builds concentration camps?
What is the political (ie: human) equivalent of that 3rd axis, other than morality, ethics and a sense of honor?
I don't know. And that bugs the fuck outa me.
I also don't know that it hasn't always been this way - and that really bugs the fuck outa me.
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