A fable for these times: Who's going to bell the cat?

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Belling the Cat is a fable…In the story, a group of mice agree to attach a bell to a cat's neck to warn of its approach in the future, but they fail to find a volunteer to perform the job. The term has become an idiom describing a group agreeing to perform an impossibly difficult task.

From Wikipedia, “Belling the Cat”