The wolf leaving meat out for the wolves isn't a failure to police. The word you might be looking for is corruption. The fact that they assume we're idiots has

The wolf leaving meat out for the wolves isn't a failure to police. The word you might be looking for is corruption. The fact that they assume we're idiots has nothing to do with alcoholism and everything to do with a lack of consequences. It's not THEIR failure to police the system. It's OUR failure to police politicians. There's no reason to assume they are any stupider than the rest of us.