Shutdowns are both parties holding a gun on a hostage and each thug demanding a ransom, all while each claim the other party is the "bad guy", and they are there to "save" the hostage. "I'm gunna share the ransom with 'em, I swear!"

The irony is, a good portion of people are stockholmed and will believe one of them, instead of recognizing they are being held up by two opportunists.