Something about these recent trends troubles me.
We are a serious country about some things.
Our attorney general’s office went to the court to appeal to keep students out of school over their hair.
But when it comes to the harder work of a serious state, tracing suspicious wealth, enforcing financial transparency, and making fraud difficult to scale, we look away.
So the contradiction is honestly painful.
We are strict with symbolism & weak where institutions are required.
A 24-year-old finishes his degree.
No job.
Then he watches a Cybertruck park outside a mansion in his hometown.
Or he watches his classmate, who entered politics without experience, accumulate a level of wealth nothing can honestly explain.
We are asking him to take the slow road while the fast one parks in front of him.
That does not excuse fraud.
But it helps explain how a country slowly teaches young people to distrust honest effort.
We only normalize appearance.
That is hypocrisy with institutions missing.
🗣️Messi : “Hey you can get a red card for talking back”
🗣️Bellingham: “Oh yh , that will always be the difference between you and Ronaldo, he might have no world cup but he is never a cheat”