> There's not really anything the average person can do to influence this policy, so by saying "of every American", the blame is diluted across the population,

> There's not really anything the average person can do to influence this policy, so by saying "of every American", the blame is diluted across the population, instead of held directly against those responsible. Latin American countries wouldn't have become banana republics without Western demand for bananas. There are different levels of culpability but the rest of us aren't blameless - our collective demand drove these policies and I don't know about you but I've enjoyed a lot of tropical fruit in my life. To be honest I can empathize. I'd totally support going to war with Mexico if it threatened my year round supply of avocados.