I hope the comments on this don’t devolve into a political dumpster fire, what I’m about to say is important.
Why does the government suck? A lot of reasons.
But one of the biggest ones is more OUR fault than theirs.
We have gotten FAR too laissez-faire when it comes to our own communities and neighborhoods. We look to government to solve problems that WE should be addressing at a grassroots level.
“Why doesn’t the gov do x” or “the gov should Y” are two of the most common comments we get when we make posts about the work we do combatting trafficking or housing homeless veterans or any number of things yall see us doing.
We did it without the government for a few reasons and would like it to stay that way.
First of all, these are OUR neighbors and OUR streets. We have a moral obligation to do something about them.
Second, gov brings with it a necessary level of bureaucracy and yall know how I feel about bureaucracy (it kills people).
The problems we tackle require moving swiftly, nimbly, and being able to adjust fire in response to VERY dynamic atmospherics on the ground.
The leviathan of federal government isn’t generally known for being able to do that.
I think if we all started looking to our own communities to address certain things, a few things would happen:
We’d see greater unity and cohesion in said communities.
And
We’d see less resentment towards the leviathan for things best left to grassroots
And
We’d all get along much better as we build bonds around service to our fellow man and woman
Thoughts?
