I didn’t think you were garbled. :o) And you certainly made a heapin’ helpin’ more sense than the author of this article!
I think this is one of those situations where “At the time, it seemed as if I was making sense.”
Going back to RobbyS’s point about paradigms, I think that one of the points of confusion for commentators in general is that we assume everyone desires the same outcome: people living in stable families, getting a reasonable education, avoiding vice and disease and crime, getting jobs, contributing to the community, etc.
However, this is exactly the situation against which the 60s-people now ruling us rebelled. If we assume they want to maximize employment and constructive living, while minimizing crime and social chaos, we’re probably wrong.