Governor Mugwump's impression of President Mugwumps impression of Erik Larson's impression of people's impression of a time period

DEAR PRESIDENT MUGWUMP

First of all, allow me to applaud you on the depth of your answer. It was very clearly well thought out and written.
Chaos is true. There is a large amount of disorder, yet, it is hard to speak of such a complicated thing as a whole time period in an absolute such as absolute chaos. While there are many people wandering the country unsure of what to do or what lay in the future, there is not total chaos. I believe that, for the people, civic pride is a guiding force. Behind this goal of beating Paris, the people of America work as a whole. It gives them a light at the end of the tunnel.
As for how H.H. Holmie got away with what he did, the truth of the matter is, there were more important things to deal with. As you said, Chaos is rampant, and the government is more concerned with dealing with that then a few laborer complaints about getting scammed. The government was looking the other way and Holmes happened to slip by.
And while, I agree that Holmes is coocoo for Cocoa puffs, I don't think he's entirely unemotional. In my opinion, he's just very good at hiding it. He very clearly has desires, namely for women. He has ambition and if he really had no emotions, then why would he be doing any of this? The ultimate conclusion we must arrive at is that - it is impossible for us to ever discern with a high degree of certainty what any historical figure was really feeling or thinking. The best we can come up with is conjecture.
An interesting point is your conclusion that Holmes is the most interesting character. I would presume to ask: why? The same characteristic of the dehumanization of humans is present in the other characters. While Holmes is certainly more drastic that the other characters in these characteristics, they still exist in the other characters. To Burnham, the laborers for the fair are just a resource, not necessarily people. Councilmen are just obstacles, not thinking, rational beings. The difference is that Holmes acts on this. So therefore, I would ask you to outline for me specifically why you believe Holmes is the most interesting, and if you believe this was an intentional act of Erik Larson, why?

As always, feel free to respond questioning my logic or responding to anything that I've said so far.

Anthony Out!