So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Wrong lizard
Sunday - 23Oct2016 Filed in: Politics&Entertainment
There was a good piece at Wendy McElroy’s blog. It's from Douglas Adam's So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.
Sort of sums it all up, doesn't it?
When both choices are bad, and the system locks out any other choice, then why participate? The system is fixed.
It's fixed against you.
❝❝...On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
"I did," said Ford. "It is."
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in."❞❞
Sort of sums it all up, doesn't it?
When both choices are bad, and the system locks out any other choice, then why participate? The system is fixed.
It's fixed against you.
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