The Umbrella Effect

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Would not life be easier if God would only explain the nuances of our souls to each and every one of us from the very beginning?

God is very busy today and I have never been very good at divining human souls so I am going to take a moment to talk about umbrellas. Well, not umbrellas precisely, but the American political system explained in a nutshell, or rather, with an umbrella. Two umbrellas, to be exact.

It is raining outside upon the community garden. It is a downpour.

One political party offers its loyal followers an umbrella and a watering can. The citizens dutifully unfold their umbrellas and water the community garden in a downpour.

The other political party also provides an umbrella and a watering can, but when their followers unfold the umbrellas, they are but the bare skeleton without the sheltering canopy. These citizens are getting soaked as they water the community garden in a downpour.

The first party's citizens sneer that they are much better off than the second party because they stay dry while watering the community garden in a downpour.

The second party sneers back that either way, the effect upon the community garden is very much the same.

There you have the major philosophical differences between the two-party, American political system wrapped up in an umbrella.