It’s perhaps the worst kind of purgatory given the circumstances. There’s no ‘right’ choice.

Update: I just read my comment and I don’t think I could have written something more obvious. So, I’ll try harder. I’m pretty dialed-in with one of the themes ‘The Wire’ was trying to establish: diminishing ‘legitimate’ opportunities. That’s I found heartbreaking about the series — trying to do ‘right,’ i.e. operating within the system, is futile. The system is broken. And, that’s what I find so frustrating about the situation you describe.

Somehow, we’re – the US – is part of a broken system in a place where we’re supposed to be rebuilding.