In a place of need, an unhealthy contradiction

I understand that, but you can’t blame individuals for institutional problems. It’s like blaming Fred for taking a long shower during a drought when enormous corporations are irrigating a desert. Fred may be a jerk–and I’m sure there are many people who could “help themselves” if they made better life decisions–but if the system functioned better, if the power structure were more responsive to the actual needs and wishes of the people, then that wouldn’t matter and they’d be more able to weather a few bad life decisions (like most of us can!).