Cradle of Democracy
A friend calls America the 'cradle of democracy' because its democracy acts like an infant.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-12-18-cradle-of-democracy/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "I think of America as the cradle of democracy." B: "Isn't that Greece?"
A: "Hardly! Where can you find democracy bawling and kicking like an infant, incapable of language and reason, easily distracted by shiny objects?" B: "USA! USA!"