l, totalitarian hierarchy exhausting reality
&gt; &gt; on which I once knew them to be so fixated.  But I do not hear much
&gt; &gt; of that kind of stuff any more, so maybe it was all a lot of smoke
&gt; &gt; and mirrors.
&gt; 
&gt; I still think this is where we should be going.

Matthew,

This is good to hear.

And I 'will' hold you to it.

At this point you probably get to say something like:

"Been there, still doing that, after all these years"

You may consider the sentiment said, echoed, amplified, 