The California[1] Water Rights system is staggeringly inequitable, and is really an indictment of "democracy", where large, entrenched power bases vote just for the selfish interests, preventing progress towards a better managed, more equitable system.
There's a good lesson in there about politics and power, which I'm not experienced or eloquent enough to express.
There's a good lesson in there about politics and power, which I'm not experienced or eloquent enough to express.
[1] likely not limited to just California!