While few people have heard of Joseph de Maistre, a few more may have heard of the phrase he coined which, when translated from elegant French "Toute nation a le gouvernement qu'elle mérite" into not so elegant English, says that "Every nation gets the government it deserves".
I was reminded of this when Australia voted into power Albanese's Labor Government, and again when I watched this more recent television clip.
And they do breed! May God have mercy on us all, indeed!