Whatever Problem You Want to Solve, Government Is Not the Answer

This story is a tragedy, but it is also a story about the failure of government, and society. 5-year-old girl raped, murdered after mom kicked her out of the house

You can click thru for the depressing details, about how the child was always dirty and hungry and begging neighbors for food, and to stay. Until the mother kicked most of the family out of the house.

The government?

Bradley and other neighbors said they made numerous reports to the Kansas Department for Children and Families in the weeks leading up to her death, citing the deplorable living conditions in Zoey’s home — which lacked running water and was filled with feces.

Numerous reports to the bureaucracy over weeks, and the bureaucrats did nothing. So why is it being funded at all?

But don't worry. There will be an inquiry, which will be run by the government. It will conclude that more funding is required, and more power. And in the end nothing will change, because bureaucracies take care of the bureaucrats.

Civilization was nice while it lasted.