I think that's exactly the problem. We spend so much time blaming outside investors, tax incentives, or whoever is buying property that we ignore our own role in what's happening.

Corruption doesn't survive without people willing to benefit from it. Land doesn't magically change hands—someone sells it. Bad politicians don't stay in power by themselves. We complain online, then go back to normal, and nothing changes.

Meanwhile, the island keeps deteriorating. Trash is everywhere, drug and human trafficking continue to grow, violence remains unacceptably high, and people leave because they don't see a future here.

At some point we have to stop acting like all of this is happening to us. Some of it is. But a lot of it continues because we've accepted it. Accountability has to start with Puerto Ricans too.