And then it occurred to me, of course, that none of my child sponsorships, none of the microloans, none of the traditional anti-poverty programs were going to stop Brutus, because they weren't meant to.
Y se me ocurrió, por supuesto, que ninguno de mis niños apadrinados, ninguno de los microcréditos, ninguno de los programas tradicionales de lucha contra la pobreza iban a detener a Brutus porque no estaban destinados a ello.