“The Crooked E” and manufactured housing: Evidence of systemic failures and corruption

‘It’s in the interests of the blinded to keep others blind’ paraphrases a keen remark near the end of Rev. Robert Barron’s video here. Barron’s remark reminds thinkers of author Upton Sinclair’s insight: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” The documentary “The Crooked E” is about Enron. “Chasing Madoff” “is the compelling…story of Harry Markopolos and his team’s ten-year struggle to expose the harrowing truth behind the infamous Madoff scandal…Markopolos pieced together a chain of white-collar predators, consisting of financial fraudsters, lieutenants and henchmen, all linked” to the roughly $64-billion-dollar fraud many in media, government and business largely ignored for years. Theranos, WorldCom, Sam Bankman Fried and the 2008 housing/financial crisis are examples of massive frauds and/or systemic failures hiding in plain sight for years in the ‘information age.’ Examples of turning a blind eye are useful while considering how the avoidable housing crisis that harmed millions is examined. The true cost of ignoring the affordable housing crisis Per McKinsey, National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) an...