The most worrying part of this is that when the system described in TFA crashes and burns and people flee they will not realize that it was the sum of all parts

The most worrying part of this is that when the system described in TFA crashes and burns and people flee they will not realize that it was the sum of all parts that created the system that they fled and will unwittingly attempt to enact it piece by piece wherever they relocate (see Denver, Portland, Austin, etc. for examples).