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A key debate arises: are our institutions fundamentally changing, or is the current exposure merely unveiling a pre-existing corruption? The speaker leans toward the latter, asserting that our governance structures are “beyond catastrophically dysfunctional.” Since his early adult life, he perceives a decline into what he describes as “entirely malignant governance,” hinting at systemic failure rooted possibly in events like the alleged 1963 coup, which he suggests might have initiated a covert power shift.
The core issue: the institutions are now so broken that trust is almost impossible. The current atmosphere resembles a “house of cards,” where legitimacy is increasingly questioned, and the traditional mechanisms of accountability are ineffective.