How Abuse Emerges Without Villains
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS NewsBaybay City, Leyte, Philippines — May 13, 2026 The Comfort of Bad Actors When institutional abuse becomes visible, the public instinctively looks for villains. Someone must have intended this. Someone must be corrupt, cruel, or malicious. This framing is emotionally satisfying because it suggests a simple fix: remove the bad people and the…















