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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes it seem that Americans are fond of waiting for the horse to leave the barn
before they close the door?
All these reports that the Capitol Police and others were warned ahead of time seem to be part of a repeating pattern over the years.
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Does it seem that Americans are fond of waiting for the horse to leave the barn (Original Post)
grumpyduck
Jan 2021
OP
Bridges collapse and kill people after years of warnings, then something is done.
patricia92243
Jan 2021
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Sneederbunk
(14,300 posts)1. Also, Covid 19 is one big horse.
patricia92243
(12,601 posts)2. Bridges collapse and kill people after years of warnings, then something is done.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,857 posts)3. What did Winston Churchill observe?
Something about how Americans will always do the right thing, but only after they tried everything else?
Pantagruel
(2,580 posts)4. Abba Eban quote (not Winston Churchill)
nations do behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)5. humans simply never learn from past experiences. Design flaw.
SharonAnn
(13,778 posts)6. Yes. Been that way all my life. Yet, we get worried about hoaxes.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)7. Key dynamic of patriarchy. That & revictimization.
Seriously, if women were so perceptive & proactive, the human race would have perished in however many days it takes to starve because nobody would have foreseen the need for meals.