The North has become its own worst enemy. This did not start today; it started with a elite total capture of the political state, the abdication of responsibilities by those elected to serve the populace, deliberate weaponization of poverty and illiteracy, nepotism & despotism.
The collapse of morality, the disintegration of trust, the total obliteration of hope, the amplification of religious/ethnic divides, mutual suspicion, mis-governance, toxic politics, lack of equitable distribution of opportunities & social justice, brought us to where we r today