Seeing the System

Tabloid newspapers wouldn't exist if nobody bought them.

Fanatical TV hosts wouldn't stay on the air if they didn't represent anyone.

Corrupt politicians wouldn't rise to power if their rhetoric didn't resonate with a large portion of the population.

Getting angry at the figurehead means forgetting about the entire ship floating behind it – which didn't build itself by magic overnight.

Yes: it feels good to get angry, sometimes. And it's convenient to be able to focus your rage on the visible, obvious part of the problem. But by overlooking the underlying system, we only have a very partial understanding of the situation.

And we indirectly become part of the problem.