Making a Good Thing

Let's say you want to construct a bridge. If you want it to function, you don't build it out of styrofoam, haphazardly put it on unstable ground, or indiscriminately set it on fire.

There are many types of bridges that work well throughout the world, and their essential and sustaining properties are easily discernible.

If you insist upon styrofoam, unstable ground, and fire, perhaps you don't really want a working bridge, but rather the self-victimized drama of poverty.