Like grasshoppers in a jar, we’ve become hostage to our despair

This story proves the effect of patronage but it does not show what causes it or how to end it.

Similarly, citizens see a lot more of the rot around them but they are more likely to try and join it than work to clean it up. So people like Kategaya are vilified for sponging off the state but they are also envied for having access to the dining table. Who would have thought that so many years later it would all come down to this?

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