The Uses of Disaster

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This essay shows our governments response wasn't much better than Mexico's in 1985 when an earthquake devastated Mexico City.

Article in October's Harper's Magazine written by Rebecca Solnit:

"It was as though the earthquake had ripped away a veil concealing the corruption and callousness of the government. International rescue teams were rebuffed, aid money was spent on other programs, supplies were stolen by the police and army, and, in the end, a huge population of the displaced poor was obliged to go on living in tents for many years. That was how the government of Mexico reacted. The people of Mexico, however, had a different reaction."