Real change is in our hands

The social contract between the state and the people is broken. It had been crumbling for a long time. We’re reminded of the state’s failures every month when we pay two electricity bills and every summer when we pay two water bills. For decades we’ve made concession after concession, the worst being acceptance of the Taif Accord. Beaten down by years of death and destruction, we were so fed up we actually pardoned our warlords and allowed them to become princes in a kingdom of corruption. The system these pardoned criminals oversee will take years to rid of its filth – much like the open garbage dumps our lawbreakers are directly responsible for. In spite of the many barriers to our competitiveness, Lebanon still has a reputation of being resilient. A phoenix rising from the ashes. This is true only because of our entrepreneurial spirit and the determination of private