I agree with you (Uwe) that "We reap what we sow" is not really applicable here. That simplistic line of thinking could be applied to all sorts of current situ

I agree with you (Uwe) that "We reap what we sow" is not really applicable here. That simplistic line of thinking could be applied to all sorts of current situations and past "injustices" (depending on your perspective.) You reap as you sow style arguments only really work when you have a simple cause:effect. We could play that style of argument ad absurdam in lots of ways, for example: GB decides to levy a (pretty small) tax on tea on her colonies a few years back, cue Boston Tea Party and other acts of terrorism on a grand scale. Blah blah blah ... history happens ... USA etc. It really isn't that simple. Facile, simplistic attempts to explain modern events based on single events from the long distant past - no matter how important at the time - are rarely helpful to understanding, let alone getting to a solution. Attempting to fit a pithy epithet to this sort of process is a bit unpleasant and disingenuous at best when chatting on an internet forum and might become dangerously destructive when wielded by a politician, especially one with real power. Covefe, anyone?