One last thought on the logic of Flanagans argument. Flip the coin. Think of all the politicians who have honored their list of election promises and how that worked out: Mike Harris used this method, Steven Harper used this method and now Donald Trump is honoring all of his election promises. In each case the results increased and is increasing all divisions in society and the finances have never gotten better.  Clearly it's in the interests of survival to be lucid and able to bend to the circumstances and to better arguments?