Imagine you went to the DMV during posted hours to handle what should be a straightforward, if tedious, matter involving paperwork but the minute you get in line a raving madman calls you a tresspassing rapist there to sell heroin to kids. Security just laughs at you even when that psycho runs physical interference including violently dragging you away when you are speaking with a clerk, vandalizing the documents you’re supposed to fill out, and locking you in a supply closet. Any time you speak of any of this you are taken to task for your belligerence.
Now imagine you have to pay a fee for making appointments even though you will still be waiting in line rather than scheduled in, you pay an additional fee at the front door, an individual cost for every sheet of paper including those vandalized by your harasser or lost by a clerk who says to your face they have no interest in you concluding your business, you pay that same clerk directly for every interaction, and you keep paying with every delay… all while being called a thief with your hand out for freebies.
Now imagine an armed gang is standing outside the door and took your kids hostage, and you never them again even after you give up on the DMV. You are still being charged all the same fees including the entry fee despite being detained at the door. All complications including policies that require you to be in the building for interviews are your problem. Failure to comply will result in penalties. Any sudden moves, complaints, or questions with a tone in your voice may be met with potshots and a lecture on how your very presence has already increased the prevalence of violence and fears of catching a stray bullet.
Now imagine it is past the deadline for the reason for your visit to the DMV and the consequences have included losing your home and means of travel, being inelegible for most legal employ, your kids are still gone, and in addition to a warrant being out for your arrest the criminal underworld has a price on your head. Broken and bewildered you kneel in front of the open building watching others enter and exit unmolested while guns remain trained on you. And then someone says you only have yourself to blame because if you had just been there on legitimate business and followed the rules you would have been taken care of in under an hour with a smile and world class service like they were.
But you just had to “break in” as an over the hill washed up has been of an actor with self awareness as solid as his grasp of politics and culture so confidently frames the issue.