To me that is the way to be with regards to no sugarcoating………pointless and false it is.
The sadness/ craziness of your points is sadly magnified hugely in beautiful South Africa where I live.
The things causing it basically boil down to the same jist of what you have managed to write in a shorter/ better worded & concise piece of my own thoughts.....by the end of it I would probably had written 10 pages (as a normally quiet person) and depleted my liquor stock in frustration.
Great to have made contact and thanks again.
Indeed, I know many there and, therefore, am aware of some of the issues. It's a shame to see sich a beautiful country go down as it is.