What do you guys think about this Rochester, NY neighborhood?

Black lady up here driving a moving truck into town for a white family was not having a good time traversing our snowy March terrain. Below, I have translated, to the best of my ability, her ranting into a more comprehensible English:

Pray tell, how doth one endure such an abominable state of affairs? 'Tis beyond the realm of comprehension that you, my dear compatriots, find it within yourselves to persist in the face of such unrelenting adversity. Behold, the very Earth lies blanketed in a frigid mantle of crystalline precipitation, and this, during the supposed vernal awakening of March! Surely, the heavens themselves must weep at the sight of such an unseasonable and egregious affront to the natural order.

One shudders to contemplate the fortitude required to weather such an onslaught, to rise each morn and gaze upon a landscape more befitting the deepest, darkest depths of winter's icy embrace. And yet, here you stand, stalwart and resolute, a testament to the indomitable spirit of humanity in the face of nature's capricious whims.

But alas, I must confess that I find myself woefully ill-equipped to contend with such a state of affairs. The very notion of donning layer upon layer of woolen armor, braving the frozen wastes in a desperate bid to maintain some semblance of normalcy - why, it fills me with an existential dread the likes of which I have scarcely known!

Nay, I say unto you, this cannot be borne! Let us cast off the shackles of this wintry oppression and seek solace in more temperate climes, where the gentle breezes of spring may caress our weary brows and the verdant landscapes of renewal may soothe our frostbitten souls. For to remain here, in this arctic hellscape, is to court madness itself!

Commentary from Auron MacIntyre:

Charity is not a universal value throughout history and the idea of giving to those outside your kin is mostly a Christian one. At one point charity was a very personal affair, you gave directly to those in need or to an organization to which you were an active participant like a church.

The gift was particular to your community and you knew the people it helped. As society scaled up and massified this work was mostly handed over to large bureaucratic institutions which were no longer accountable to specific individuals or communities. People who wanted to feel good about fulfilling the Christian impulse for charitable giving but could not be bothered to actually participate in a community with those in need could instead donate to a third party who would touch the unclean for them.

This separation between the giver, the organization, and the community it served introduced the principle-agent problem and made these organizations subject to Robert Conquest's second and third laws. Without direct individual or community accountability the power stored in these organizations both monetarily and in social credit was up for grabs.

The intermediaries managing these organizations became less and less interested in the stated purpose of the institutions and instead became obsessed with growing the power and size of the charity, which in turn increased their own power and importance.

The best way for these managers to grow their prestige and influence was to align themselves with the direction of the political zeitgeist. By linking themselves to the state, charities could become large beneficiaries of taxpayer funds when their allies were in power and havens for personnel and policy when their enemies won elections. These non-profits could also wield their power to circumvent constitutional restrictions on formal government branches. When their friends in government needed to push for censorship in social media but were restricted by the first amendment, they could instead funnel massive amounts of money into non-profits who would apply the pressure for them, all while maintaining the moral shield of charity.

Thus non-profit charities became an integral part of the regime while maintaining the moral and legal protections their status afforded. The artificial separation of the public and private sectors that has been erected in the American consciousness also allowed them to act as an arm of the state without constitutional restrictions. This is how the Total State is born. Managers assemble power across public and private institutions which they network to circumvent the ideas of limited government and checks and balances. The personal becomes the political because every private institution is in actuality a vehicle for tyrannical state power.

When you see Mackenzie Scott donate $640 million she is not giving it to the needy, she is giving it to the regime. She is pledging her support to the Total State.

Good problem to have

Correct take