We, the people, must stop enabling the corruption

The more that people cry foul at the excess — fraud, incompetence, golden circles — that passes for daily life in Ireland, the more the answer is obvious.

It is hard to blame the systems of State for their fraud, malfeasance, and contempt for the people, when we enable it all, daily.

Long ago, we handed over our power to others. We said we needed to be led in the law, health, education, religion and commerce. Others obliged and devised infrastructures to disenfranchise us. This road knows no end. It will continue and worsen and, eventually, we will lament the innocent days of water charges, property tax and €80m spent by Irish Water on consultants.