Is someone benefitting from your problem?
What if there is a hidden problem sustainer involved in keeping things the way they are? If someone is benefitting from your problem, not only will they not try to help you solve it - they could even work to keep it right where it is.
Why would a company in charge of building prisons take an interest in reducing the prison population by reducing the causes of crime?
Why would an oil company making a fortune do anything to create clean, sustainable energy?
Why would a wealthy family that benefits from the personal and professional contacts developed thru generations of wealthy friends do anything to provide better opportunities for others who are not in their network?
Does that all sound cynical? Too cynical to be true?
I don't mean to get overtly political here, but think carefully the next time you wonder why a problem with apparent solutions available does not get solved. Could it be that someone is resisting the solution?
Find out who is benefitting from a problem before you try to solve it.
Because otherwise, you're attempting to solve two problems at the same time.
-- Doug Smith
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