I heard a speach by Old Joe where he just went on and on as if on some kind of drug. And then it occurred to me, it made me wonder if I have have this backwards.

I’ve been thinking they have been giving Joe drugs to make him as cognizant as possible. What if they are giving him drugs to cause him to appear… well, drugged.

Why would Joe’s puppeteers do something like that? Why would anyone behave so dastardly?

I don’t know. Why would they? No one would do something like that, would they?