Current Events > Whenever things go bad in the U.S., the American voter reacts by...

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... voting for people that will make the problem worse, especially in the long run. Kinda sad, isn't it?

"I'm tired of the wolves eating my sheep, I should get some sheepdogs to protect them."
"I'm tired of these sheepdogs not doing enough to protect my sheep, I should let the wolves watch after them instead."

Lather, rinse, repeat.

masterpug53 posted...

"I'm tired of the wolves eating my sheep, I should get some sheepdogs to protect them."
"I'm tired of these sheepdogs not doing enough to protect my sheep, I should let the wolves watch after them instead."

Lather, rinse, repeat.

More like the wolves eat the sheep, so they vote for more wolves.

Or they dont vote, allowing the people who will make it worse to win.

People are generally reactionary morons, yes.

Sadly a problem the world over.

Voting in the current problem makers.

Or they vote for someone who doesn't even come close to standing a chance at winning.

People voted for Biden... so there's that

The US need a viable third party that is sane, something we lack today.

masterpug53 posted...

"I'm tired of the wolves eating my sheep, I should get some sheepdogs to protect them."
"I'm tired of these sheepdogs not doing enough to protect my sheep, I should let the wolves watch after them instead."

Lather, rinse, repeat.

The sheep: "We actually need the wolves to be strong."

Mouseland was a place where all the little mice lived and played, were born and died. And they lived much the same as you and I do.

They even had a Parliament. And every four years they had an election. Used to walk to the polls and cast their ballots. Some of them even got a ride to the polls. And got a ride for the next four years afterwards too. Just like you and me. And every time on election day all the little mice used to go to the ballot box and they used to elect a government. A government made up of big, fat, black cats.

Now if you think it strange that mice should elect a government made up of cats, you just look at the history of Canada for last 90 years and maybe you'll see that they weren't any stupider than we are.

Now I'm not saying anything against the cats. They were nice fellows. They conducted their government with dignity. They passed good laws--that is, laws that were good for cats. But the laws that were good for cats weren't very good for mice. One of the laws said that mouseholes had to be big enough so a cat could get his paw in. Another law said that mice could only travel at certain speeds--so that a cat could get his breakfast without too much effort.

All the laws were good laws. For cats. But, oh, they were hard on the mice. And life was getting harder and harder. And when the mice couldn't put up with it any more, they decided something had to be done about it. So they went en masse to the polls. They voted the black cats out. They put in the white cats.

Now the white cats had put up a terrific campaign. They said: "All that Mouseland needs is more vision." They said: "The trouble with Mouseland is those round mouseholes we got. If you put us in we'll establish square mouseholes." And they did. And the square mouseholes were twice as big as the round mouseholes, and now the cat could get both his paws in. And life was tougher than ever.

And when they couldn't take that anymore, they voted the white cats out and put the black ones in again. Then they went back to the white cats. Then to the black cats. They even tried half black cats and half white cats. And they called that coalition. They even got one government made up of cats with spots on them: they were cats that tried to make a noise like a mouse but ate like a cat.

You see, my friends, the trouble wasn't with the colour of the cat. The trouble was that they were cats. And because they were cats, they naturally looked after cats instead of mice.

Presently there came along one little mouse who had an idea. My friends, watch out for the little fellow with an idea. And he said to the other mice, "Look fellows, why do we keep on electing a government made up of cats? Why don't we elect a government made up of mice?" "Oh," they said, "he's a Bolshevik. Lock him up!" So they put him in jail.

The average American voter couldn't even name the branches of the government and their function.

masterpug53 posted...

"I'm tired of the wolves eating my sheep, I should get some sheepdogs to protect them."
"I'm tired of these sheepdogs not doing enough to protect my sheep, I should let the wolves watch after them instead."

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Democrats don't get sheepdogs, they get more sheep to replace the old ones. A sheepdog being involved would reduce the number of wolves.

ellis123 posted...

Democrats don't get sheepdogs, they get more sheep to replace the old ones. A sheepdog being involved would reduce the number of wolves.

The sheepdogs train with the wolves and let them know when they'll be sleeping so the wolves won't do anything bad then

gunplagirl posted...

The sheepdogs train with the wolves and let them know when they'll be sleeping so the wolves won't do anything bad then

That still implies that they would potentially fo anything. They don't even attempt at it, they just let it happen even when they are supposedly the ones watching.

If only it were as easy as voting.

ellis123 posted...

That still implies that they would potentially fo anything. They don't even attempt at it, they just let it happen even when they are supposedly the ones watching.

What I'm saying is, they actively enable Republicans while insisting that they're resisting

Gonna sound like a nut job probably in this post but I don't think people realize how early in their life the average American is bombarded with propaganda. Throughout grade school we're taught shit like Columbus was a tight mf, pilgrims and "indians" were cool as fuck they lived in harmony until *pages missing*, every picture of JFK's assassination in textbooks are in color while every civil rights picture is in black and white even though MLK was assassinated 5 years later, same textbooks have an equal amount of text (2 inch column, half a page) on both Malcolm X and the Trail of Tears, etc.

We're pretty much taught the right wing version of US history throughout grade school it's honestly a miracle people manage to break away from it.

masterpug53 posted...

"I'm tired of the wolves eating my sheep, I should get some sheepdogs to protect them."
"I'm tired of these sheepdogs not doing enough to protect my sheep, I should let the wolves watch after them instead."

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Guns solve all problems. Finger in ear "la,la,la,la,la,la"

Smashingpmkns posted...

Gonna sound like a nut job probably in this post but I don't think people realize how early in their life the average American is bombarded with propaganda. Throughout grade school we're taught shit like Columbus was a tight mf, pilgrims and "indians" were cool as fuck they lived in harmony until *pages missing*, every picture of JFK's assassination in textbooks are in color while every civil rights picture is in black and white even though MLK was assassinated 5 years later, same textbooks have an equal amount of text (2 inch column, half a page) on both Malcolm X and the Trail of Tears, etc.

We're pretty much taught the right wing version of US history throughout grade school it's honestly a miracle people manage to break away from it.

Yeah, this needs to be brought up more often, I think. I was actually shocked that a documentary that I watched from the late 90s was very upfront about how the 50s was not a good time for women or black people, instead of the usual bits about it being an idyllic time.