08-21-2024, 05:23 PM
HOTPE - Hey! Rocky! Watch me pull a homeland out of my hat! Nothin’ up my sleeve…
I think Stafford Beer's maxim "The purpose of a system is what it does" and there is "no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do" applies here. In HHC/DHHL's case, while tens-of-thousands of native Hawaiians can't manage to access the land legally set aside for their benefit for over a century, commercial projects like Hilo's airport, shopping mall, Target, etc, continue to manage to be completed, historically without much if any compensation to the beneficiaries.
Given that the Commissioners are appointed by the Governor, and only a minority need to have the most minuscule familial connection to the native Hawaiian community who have no say in these appointments, it should be clear whose interests are being represented. HHC/DHHL, appointed by the state, acting on behalf of the state, develops prime real estate that would otherwise be off limits since at least 1920 and are fine appearing like a bumbling moose magician in minimally meeting their mandate if it keeps the process rolling. The purpose of a system is what it does.
I think Stafford Beer's maxim "The purpose of a system is what it does" and there is "no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do" applies here. In HHC/DHHL's case, while tens-of-thousands of native Hawaiians can't manage to access the land legally set aside for their benefit for over a century, commercial projects like Hilo's airport, shopping mall, Target, etc, continue to manage to be completed, historically without much if any compensation to the beneficiaries.
Given that the Commissioners are appointed by the Governor, and only a minority need to have the most minuscule familial connection to the native Hawaiian community who have no say in these appointments, it should be clear whose interests are being represented. HHC/DHHL, appointed by the state, acting on behalf of the state, develops prime real estate that would otherwise be off limits since at least 1920 and are fine appearing like a bumbling moose magician in minimally meeting their mandate if it keeps the process rolling. The purpose of a system is what it does.