Little Boys and Nazi Wolves and Economic Collapse... Oh My!

We're Living Inside the Boy Who Cried Wolf Fable Right Now...

They never believed the boy when it mattered.

You know the story of the boy who cried wolf. A shepherd boy gets bored watching sheep and decides to have some fun at the villagers’ expense. He screams “Wolf! Wolf!” and when the villagers come running with their weapons, they find no wolf. Just a boy laughing at them for being gullible.

He does it again. Same result. The villagers get angry but they go back to their business.

Then one day, a real wolf shows up. The boy screams “Wolf! Wolf!” and nobody comes. They’ve heard it too many times. They don’t believe him anymore. The wolf eats the sheep and probably the boy too, depending on which version you’re reading.