I agree with you. The institutions should be held to a high standard, and there should be people to hold them accountable.
However there are many people, many people on HN who, if asked, would say that our institutions are fundamentally broken or, as a comment elsewhere on this post says, a "discriminatory clusterfuck".
My point is that this is a skewed and biased understanding of reality produced by constantly being fed negative news. Are our institutions perfect? Obviously not. Is there room for improvement? Of course! But do most people who interact with our institutions get treated fairly and according to the letter of the law, a law that itself is for the most part fair and just? I believe so.
However there are many people, many people on HN who, if asked, would say that our institutions are fundamentally broken or, as a comment elsewhere on this post says, a "discriminatory clusterfuck".
My point is that this is a skewed and biased understanding of reality produced by constantly being fed negative news. Are our institutions perfect? Obviously not. Is there room for improvement? Of course! But do most people who interact with our institutions get treated fairly and according to the letter of the law, a law that itself is for the most part fair and just? I believe so.