WRONG PROBLEM

 Peter Drucker, known as the "father of modern management," once said something to the effect that a manager who makes the right decision on the wrong problem is more dangerous than the manager who makes the wrong decision on the right problem. Just imagine the bull who, upon being forced into the ring, goes into decision-mode and decides that his problem is that little red cape, then makes the right decision therefor.

It dawned on me that many are wrestling with the wrong problem while attempting to understand what happened last Tuesday. They pose it as, "They watched her speak and him speak and made the decision based on what they saw, deciding to vote for him. What a problem."

I don't think that's what happened.

I don't think they ever saw or heard her speak in an unedited manner. I'm afraid that the bulk of Americans now get their vote-forming information from the following:

• Entertainment venues posing as news centers,
• Social media posts governed by algorithms that concentrate on desired outcomes,
• Evangelical pulpits,
• Church deacons, and
• Families and friends.

If they should happen to encounter dissonant facts, the result would resemble the scene in the original Star Wars film. Here's how it would go.

"I have found facts that don't agree with what you are saying."

Hand gesture: "These aren't the facts you're looking for."

"These are not the facts I'm looking for."

Conclusion: It's impossible to change an opinion with facts or logic when that opinion wasn't formed with facts or logic.