... institutional capture.

Under the guise of populism, we're also witnessing brutally extreme centralisation - with all institutions, including the so-called 'independent' judiciary and fourth estate servicing the whims and fancy of a single man.

It's pretty clear that ... +

... the existing constitutional system has been completely subverted and the notions of representative democracy in a federated setup have been overturned.

Persisting with regeneration from within this system itself is an unsubstantiated act of faith.

And to think that all it took - was three generations of leadership. That's about it.

In a sense, that's what it takes to completely lose sight of what we intended to do.