What Is Wrong With Us? Our problems are rarely the real problem. Our refusal to finish solving them might be
MyJoyOnline published an article titled "What Is Wrong With Us? Our problems are rarely the real problem. Our refusal to finish solving them might be," discussing how nations inherit difficulty and how a society's willingness to keep calling the same crisis new separates them. The article states that a problem can outlive several governments, countless committees, and enough conferences to fill a respectable hotel ballroom. It also includes the NyansaKasa (Words of Wisdom) quote: "It is not the problem that is the problem. It is our inability to solve the problem which is the problem."
The article notes that many communities confront inadequate sanitation, unreliable infrastructure, and stubborn unemployment. It suggests that when a fundamentally similar problem survives for thirty or forty years, attributing its persistence purely to complexity becomes harder to sustain. The article mentions that Singapore emerged from the 1960s facing unemployment, inadequate housing, and limited resources.
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Ghanaian society often faces recurring problems that outlive multiple governments and committees, leading to a cycle of outrage and unfulfilled
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