A loaf of bread,’ the Walrus said,
Is what we chiefly need:
Pepper and vinegar besides
Are very good indeed —
Now if you’re ready, Oysters dear,
We can begin to feed.’
But not on us!’ the Oysters cried,
Turning a little blue.
After such kindness, that would be
A dismal thing to do!’
The night is fine,’ the Walrus said.
Do you admire the view?
I was reading the Lewis Carroll poem The Walrus and the Carpenter and I imagined the Canadian citizens as the poor little oysters and The Walrus and Carpenter as our illusion of choice federal parties. They entice the oysters with kind words and promises while guiding them to their end.
The Walrus is friendly and makes the oysters comfortable while the Carpenter silently prepares the food. When I try to warn the oyster that these two are working together the oysters get defensive. The pro-walrus oysters will furiously defend him and only blame the Carpenter. Then pro-carpenter oysters will blame the Walrus.
I can have fairly honest and less confrontational conversations with both groups as they know I think the Walrus and Carpenter are on the same team. What is consistent is they will dismiss anything their party/leader/member does and they blindly blame the other side.
Today I was speaking with someone commenting on inflation. They’re on the blue team and were complaining that it was all the red team’s fault and they will never admit the blue is also to blame. The primary reason for the inflation is the Government of Canada approved almost half a trillion of COVID spending. All the parties approved this. Then BoC bought those bonds. This amount of money in that short of time is going cause inflation. They all knew exactly what they were doing.
So the voter’s defense of the blue team’s role was they’re all weak and had to jump on board. The CPC wasn’t in power, so what could they do about it? He’s not going to punish the new leader for something the old leader did.
I think those are poor excuses and it’s the same type of poor excuses that people on the red team say about Trudeau. Pierre had a major role with the CPC at the time, he was the branded finance guy of the CPC. The CPC never brought up what would happen if they spent that much. I am sorry, but being weak and going along is not an excuse. I am not blaming the current leader for what the past leader did seems to be all the CPC voters have. It’s like groundhog day with these CPC leaders. They tell a story and when chosen go back on the story and then fail. I am told the next will be honest and not fail. Nope.
The blue oyster who I believe are intelligent and honest just brush aside their leader saying inflation is the other guy’s fault. The current level of inflation is a big deal, it hurts families. He’s using the pain he was a part of causing against his opponent and it’s okay because it’s their team.
At one point in the poem the oysters have to stop and rest because they’re out of shape. I think blindly following a party and excusing away anything they do is akin to being out of shape. We seem to have too many fanatics and not enough citizens. The night is fine,’ the Walrus said. Do you admire the view?
The Walrus in the poem tell yhe oysters him he weeps for them as he’s eating them. These parties tell you what they’re going to do, it’s just shame no one listens.
In the end, the Carpenter finally speaks:
O Oysters,’ said the Carpenter,
You’ve had a pleasant run!
Shall we be trotting home again?’
But answer came there none —
And this was scarcely odd, because
They’d eaten every one.”