The power of lowered expectations

Explainers On Government

What you’re seeing there is the first panel from a strip in Feiffer’s Explainers. Click to read the rest of the strip.

Then marvel at how exactly on point is appears to be for the current world (OK, that reference to the Soviets needs to point to China or somewhere, but setting that aside), considering that it was published in 1960–almost 40 years ago.

I had to look this up for a discussion today, and decided to share it with you guys. Go buy the book!

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