Not quite sure how to answer this one
We may be in the state of (somewhat) violent agreement. My point was, we can only say that something "is" to the extent that it, or its logically unavoidable consequences can be percieved. The "logically unavoidable" is the tricky part.
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We have only 2 things to worry about: That
things will never get back to normal, and that they already have.