Establishment Psychology of The Swamp

Psychology

Start with a cage containing four monkeys, and

inside the cage you hang a banana on a string, and

then you place a set of stairs under the banana.

Before long a monkey will go to the stairs and climb

toward the banana.

You then spray ALL the monkeys with cold water.

After a while, another monkey makes an attempt. As

soon as he touches the stairs, you spray ALL the

monkeys with cold water.

  

Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the

stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.

Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey

from the cage and replace it with a new monkey. The

new monkey sees the banana and attempts to climb the

stairs. To his shock, ALL of the other monkeys beat

the crap out of him. After another attempt and

attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the

stairs he will be assaulted.

Next, remove another of the original four monkeys,

replacing it with a new monkey. The newcomer goes

to the stairs and is attacked. The previous

newcomer takes part in the punishment - with

enthusiasm - because he is now part of the "team."

Then, replace a third original monkey with a new

monkey, followed by the fourth. Every time the

newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.

Now, the monkeys that are beating him up have no

idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs.

Neither do they know why they are participating in

the beating of the newest monkey. Having replaced

all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining

monkeys will have ever been sprayed with cold water.

Nevertheless, not one of the monkeys will try to

climb the stairway for the Banana.

Why, you ask? Because in their minds, that is the

way it has always been!

This is how today's House and Senate operates, and

this is why from time to time, ALL of the monkeys

need to be REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME!

DISCLAIMER: This is meant as no disrespect to monkeys.***