Detroit’s death by democracy

George F. Will: Detroit’s death by democracy - The Washington Post:
"What appalled him had fascinated entomologist William Kirby (1759-1850):
The ichneumon fly inserts an egg in a caterpillar, and the larva hatched from the egg, he said, “gnaws the inside of the caterpillar, and though at last it has devoured almost every part of it except the skin and intestines, carefully all this time avoids injuring the vital organs, as if aware that its own existence depends on that of the insect on which it preys!”

Government employees’ unions living parasitically on Detroit have been less aware than ichneumon larvae. "