I thought the losers were supposed to imitate the victors not the other way around

[harimad]

We used to mock the Soviet Union for classifying street maps and arresting people who took photos of bus stations. Now we do the very same thing.

We won the Cold War, dammit, what are we doing imitating the vanquished enemy?!?

Comments

[enf]

What happened?

[lhn]

We also used to mock them for nationalizing major industries. (And of course crouchback has commented on our adoption of "Your papers, please" when we try to travel or otherwise draw the attention of the state.) Welcome to the future.

[crouchback]

My theory is that Skull and Bones was infiltrated by the KGB the way the Cambridge Apostles were, and that all Bones members are still trying to Sovietize the US by means of a revolution from above.

Alternatively, it might be an example of dragon fighters not taking sufficient care to avoid becoming dragons themselves, if I can paraphrase Nietzche a bit.