I only just now thought about the almost impossible to miss messaging of that children's book: "If you give anything to someone else they'll take and take and never stop demanding more."
Sure, that can apply in some contexts ( :porky-happy: ) but unless someone's take changes my mind about I think the message is fucked up.
If you give a mouse a cookie could also be about how you should stand firm in your boundaries because if you dont things will get much worse
As I said in the OP, it could be strained until it's in reference to :porky-happy: always demanding more and more concessions, compromises, and dismantling of any gains labor and the public ever make.