We are on our own.

"It is easier to destroy than to create" is part or a quote by the character "El Mariachi" in the movie "Desperado," and it struck me then and has stayed with me. If you are unsure of the meaning, I feel it is that causing harm is simpler than building something positive.

The grift is not normal.

H.I.: There’s what’s right and there’s what’s right and never the twain shall meet.