"Z used to say everything in politics swings back and forth to extremes...and...he was right."
How erudite of Z...he was probably only the 3,456,765th person to make this observation.
The more relevant question...when the short fuse reaches its final destination...would you have ever been able to figure this out had Z not enlightened you?
This is a "No Duh" epiphany reached by most people around age 5.