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Yes, and the crazy people are the ones who, when desperate and angry, try to kill 3 innocent people and then themselves. I don't understand the equivocation he
by meri_dian 9y ago
Yes, and the crazy people are the ones who, when desperate and angry, try to kill 3 innocent people and then themselves.
I don't understand the equivocation here. It seems a symptom of the broad inability in modern social thinking to pin any responsibility on individuals. While this stems from our desire to root out systematic issues, which is necessary and important, it should not be the only thing we care about.
In fact, a culture of individual responsibility actually can become a deep feature of our society if we take the time to engender it.
Talking about individual responsibility is not ignoring the systematic issues in society, because a lack of focus on individual responsibility is actually rooted in our culture and hence is a systemic issue in itself.
- aninhumer 9y agoI would argue the opposite. We already have an intense culture of "individual responsibility" in many areas of society, and that's exactly the problem. Because a culture that seeks to blame individuals for problems makes individuals extremely reluctant to actually accept responsibility for their decisions. Consider how the airline industry investigates after a disaster: They investigate the circumstances leading to each bad decision, and then attempt to change the process such that it cannot happen again. This leads to individuals being forthcoming about their mistakes, and implements changes that actually solve the problem. This culture of focusing on systemic issues rather than individuals has made air travel extremely safe.
- where_do_i_live 9y agoHate to break it to you, but no one is dead outside of the shooter currently. You might want to take some of your individual responsibility and correct your statement.
- meri_dian 9y agoChanged it, though "trying to kill 3 people" rather than "killed 3 people" are morally equivalent.
- jimmies 9y ago>Yes, and the crazy people are the ones who, when desperate and angry, try to kill 3 innocent people and then themselves. That was crazy, but maybe not all parts of that machine were broken. If I genuinely had millions of views on my videos that gave me an income and was suddenly cut off, I would have felt being very wrongly treated as well.