Trickle down theory is when the rich piss on your head and tell you it’s raining and you manage a coy smile while it drips down your back because deep inside you want to believe it’s true.
Denial is, after all, a common response to powerlessness.
@passenger Learned helplessness, I believe they call it.
More shitting on our heads. Piss is mostly water, andthey surely aren't letting any more of that trickle down than they have to.