> How is thus an excuse? Because it is a causal factor and not an excuse? > South Africa, Russia, etc. all have grave issues. I agree. See, we have so much i

> How is thus an excuse? Because it is a causal factor and not an excuse? > South Africa, Russia, etc. all have grave issues. I agree. See, we have so much in common. > either have objective criteria, or we don't I am not invested in any criterion discussion, merely because I'm not into political science, I am merely firing back at the original poster at their "first world" vs. "third world" views and obvously flippant tone in their message with the audacious preface of not being flippant. The specific causal factor I understand is white flight and the associated downstream effects. That's pretty objective and measurable (tax base), but it's more of a powder keg analysis. The real cause of fault is in the pipes as the other commentor shared, something I did not fully understand until now.