Same as global warming: when the sea laps over Long Island people will ask the government "Why didn't you do something?" and the answer will be "Because you voted against anyone who tried."
"The more things change, the more things stay the same."
I can pretty much imagine the people of Rome acting the same way as Hannibal came through the passes from the Alps. And the answer would effectively be the same. "Soldiers or Circuses? Give us the Circuses!"
"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche