Once upon a time in colonial India, Delhi had a cobra problem. The
government's plan? Offer cash for every dead cobra. People got
excited, but some got clever.
The cash prize for a dead cobra was much higher than the cost to breed
them. So instead of hunting wild cobras, people started breeding them
at home to claim more cash. When the government found out, they
canceled the cash rewards. Now, stuck with lots of cobras and no
money, these snake breeders set their slithery friends free.
Guess what happened? The cobra population skyrocketed. The
government's plan to get rid of cobras backfired, teaching everyone a
lesson: be careful with quick fixes, or you might end up with more
problems than you started with.
https://twitter.com/PastProsperity/status/1736990783222263950
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)