> pretty Kafkaesque >> enormous gulf << > beyond any of Kafka’s ghastliest nightmares The tongue in cheek exaggeration has gone too far. I'm guilty of it, to

> pretty Kafkaesque >> enormous gulf << > beyond any of Kafka’s ghastliest nightmares The tongue in cheek exaggeration has gone too far. I'm guilty of it, too. But we all need to stop. You are correct that the macroeconomic issues have caused enormous problems. It is indeed a lack of leadership (in the government, in the police force, in community leaders) that let them fester and turn into the embarrassing mess that it did. Making excuses about the broader economic environment is a great example of the excuse making that characterizes this leadership deficit.