The boy who cried wolf, and was right. A lot.

Once there was a village of sheep herding people surrounded by rolling green hills filled with little white puffy four legged animals called "sheep,"  For the most part the owners of the sheep would just let them wander through the hills untended while they stayed in their houses watching little 3 minute videos of cats riding robotic vacuum cleaners.  But one little boy loved watching the little white puff balls wander around eating the grass.

One day the little boy spotted a wolf sneaking up on the herd.  He ran to the village elder and told him about it. 

"Really?" said the elder.  "Sounds pretty far-fetched to me.  I don't think that wolf eats mutton.  More of a chicken killer I think." and he went back to watching a video of a kitten sitting in a small box.  The boy decided to go make sure the wolf really was just a chicken killer. 

The wolf slinked up to one of the oldest, weakest sheep and killed it.  Then he dragged it off.  The boy ran back to the elder and told him what he saw.

"Really?" he said after pausing the kitten video right when the cute little thing was about to pounce on a red laser dot.  "Oh, wait that old ewe?  Oh well, she was gonna be dead by next winter anyway.  No big deal."

The boy, thinking the elder was missing the point went back to the sheep herd to see if the wolf came back.  Of course the wolf came back and this time it killed and dragged away a little black sheep.  The boy ran back to the elder and also called in a few other folks so they could see what was going on. 

"Really?" they all said.  "You interrupted my video of a little kitten being raised by a mean looking pit bull for a black sheep?"  The boy was beginning to think these people didn't really care about the fact that the wolf was stealing their sheep at all and that it was all about cat videos.  Regardless, we was bound and determined to prove that this wolf was a real menace and that they all needed to do something about it.

Just then, he saw the wolf walk right into the middle of the field pick out the plumpest fuzziest healthiest sheep of them all, ripped out it's throat spreading blood and gore everywhere and just eat it right there in front of the boy.  He ran back to the village, interrupted video of the kitten popping it's head out of a kangaroo pouch, and said, "This wolf is getting really out of control.  He just took down your prized sheep in one bite and is eating it right now in the middle of the field."  The elder and the rest of the sheep herders looked very angry, but their anger was fixed on the boy.

"What did you think he was going to do?  He's a wolf.  Wolfs eat sheep.  What are we supposed to do about it?" bellowed the elder. 

The boy was flabbergasted.  "What do you mean, what are you supposed to do?  You have the power in your hands to do something other than watch cat videos!  You don't have to put up with it.  If, for example, I came in here and told you one of our politicians was a liar and showed you time and time again that he's a liar you could do something about it.  You could choose not to vote for him next time.  You can use Google to fact check him yourself or you can find a reputable source of information and hold him accountable!" 

At this point the villagers realized that this all had nothing to do with sheep or wolves and was all a big parable about how we have lost focus on important things like what to do if your leader is a pathological liar.  And what not to do.