People like to argue about what the proximate cause is of drug shortages. Or for that matter why we can’t build affordable housing or provide healthcare for ev

People like to argue about what the proximate cause is of drug shortages. Or for that matter why we can’t build affordable housing or provide healthcare for everyone, or keep people from shooting up shopping malls. Honestly, I don’t care about the details of each individual problem, which are complicated and ultimately unenlightening. The big picture answer is this: America is becoming a failed state. Generally that happens because a small group of economic and political elites get too much power, and their interests begin to conflict with the interests of the general population. That’s the big picture. It’s just not in the narrow short term interests of the ruling class to actually solve these problems. And as long as that remains true, they will continue to get worse.