How do I say this without sounding sanctimonious? The Minnesota thing? That’s the result of the same narrative that drove somebody’s kid to carry out that health insurance CEO thing. You can’t make a folk hero out of one and not expect the other to follow.
Please, please, please examine your narratives. Please don’t spread ‘burn it down’ narratives unless you are prepared with a detailed plan for building something new in its place, and a whole bunch of folks signed on to that plan. Or until you’re ready to send your kid in to be the next folk hero.
Sanctimonious? Sorry, not sorry.
Oh, and read Faulkner for more good plot development tips.