Hey, Ken....
That's what they said about Cuba b/4 the revolution.
Sometimes enough is enough. I remember some years ago after the LA riots, my boss telling me how for the life of him he could not figure why "those people would burn their own town, houses, businesses etc." Sometimes we forget that when the disenfranchised, lower-class, poverty stricken, under educated, under clothed, under fed feel that they are longer part of society. That the system works against them, that their situation is hopeless, that their needs are not being addressed, that they are the forgotten, taken advantage of, outcasted and their's no way out. The invetiable formula is what some would call a revolution others a riot. In that instance "they" were not, in their eyes, burning down the "their" town 'cause it was never theirs to begin with. In that instance behavioral sciences will teach us that their is something very wrong, out of sync, dysfunctional in society and it needs to be addressed. A passive attitude, in the case of cuba, led to a dictator. A progressive attitude in LA led to social welfare reforms, which only history will tells it's effectiveness.
For DR's sake I hope the latter is the road it takes.
In either case, I will be in DR with the same anticipation and love.
