Blockquote>Right Mom - Part IV: OUTCOME AND SUMMARY
We have failed the people of New Orleans. Specifically, we, as a society, have failed the poor underclass of New Orleans.
They have done exactly what they were supposed to do, as taught to them for the past 40-50 years.
They have waited in the proper line that they were supposed to, depending on their life’s stage (birth/death/desire to move, etc.).
They have been where they were supposed to do be. Doing what they were supposed to do.
Do you realize that most of these people have never been beyond 20-30 miles from their point of birth? They didn’t travel all over, not even around the state or region. They stayed almost exactly where they grew up. Why should they have gone further away when everything was taken care of for them?
But, by putting them into a system that punishes “free thinkers” and industriousness, we robbed them of the ability to take care of themselves and their family.
We, as a society, conditioned them to not take initiative to save themselves and their family. Interesting premise there. If you tell someone that they're helpless, that everyone else will take care of them, should it be a surprise that when they have to take care of themselves it's not exactly something they're good at?
J.