Why things don't work anymore

The Cloward-Piven Strategy, Part I: Manufactured Crisis

This is the first of a seven part series.  Key quote:

When things go bad all the time, despite the best efforts of all involved, I suggest to you something else is at work — something deeper, more malevolent.

I submit to you that it is not a mistake, the failure is deliberate!

Is it deliberate?  Maybe.  That presumes competence, which may not be a valid presumption.