Broken Systems

Y’all remember this?

Congressman Richard Baker of Baton Rouge was overheard telling lobbyists “We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn’t do it, but God did.” - 2005

It’s almost like these wealthy and powerful rulers are actually disgusting and heinous creatures. And even if an individual within that structure tries to be better, the structure won’t really allow it to stand. At best, that individual may ultimately be a collaborator and never-ending stop-gap for genuine change, and at worst, will slip into the ranks of cruelty. And it doesn’t stop. You can go backward, you can go now, and of course, there is the ever-moving now and future. And it’s still here.

How do you clean out this kind of rot? It surely isn't through reform. History would seem to indicate reform is useless and can often even make things worse and more insidious.