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So if I read the article correctly, the average American male has lost his job due to economic forces as well as gender equality, but it's also his fault and hi

• bryanlarsen 9y ago
  You're making the classic mistake of confusing a group of people and an individual. If there's a group of people that are doing poorly, and external reasons are at fault, we can say that the external reasons are to blame. Yet if a reasonable percentage of that group are doing relatively well, and there is a clear path to improvement for that individual, then that individual also has responsibility to improve their situation.
  • cinquemb 9y ago
    > …and there is a clear path to improvement for that individual, then that individual also has responsibility to improve their situation. If only all individuals could agree on what would be defined as an acceptable improvement one should should pursue… It's not too hard to see that some people might make choices where they would define it as an improvement for their life, but come at the expense of/be in conflict with what a larger group would define as an improvement.
• ameister14 9y ago
  Yep. Doesn't have to be fair, though - it's more important to deal with the world as it is and take control of what you can than see who should be blamed or pass responsibility.
  • pentae 9y ago
    I Agree. However, I'm not the average American male. It seems to me like 'he' is getting a bit of a raw deal while simultaneously being blamed for everything these days.