Just Politics

[Porgie Tirebiter]

"And there was always a specific date attached to these fantasies, usually several months in the future. Excitement would build, and then naturally in the end, no packets arrived.

Did they throw up their hands and finally get mad at the people who'd been leading them on? Nope. They'd just set a new date, and begin their happy anticipation anew."

That has happened over and over and over again throughout human history. It's not a new phenomenon.