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It's an interesting article, and there might be some truth to it. The western US is a more newly settled place, and so it's different. Morally though, how doe
by cameldrv 2y ago
It's an interesting article, and there might be some truth to it. The western US is a more newly settled place, and so it's different.
Morally though, how does one justify that dealing meth on the corner is OK but putting your banana peel in the trash bin is wrong? I think it comes down to the idea that some people are accountable and others aren't. If someone commits a major crime, obviously there must be something wrong with their brain. It's a medical problem. If they commit a minor crime though, they're just selfish and prioritizing their own convenience.
- Auracle 2y agoI think you’re close but not quite there. There’s a significant part of the population that think we’re all born the same - the old blank slate theory. Therefore, everything good or bad that you do ultimately comes from external forces. If you’re dealing meth it’s because you had a single mother household and then the government had the audacity to put you in juvie for committing arson and now here you are. Or perhaps it’s something more broad like systemic racism. Littering is harder to come up with a nice story to justify. Anyways, that type of thinking is a lot more common with liberals than anyone else - which makes sense. If you’re against racism,sexism, etc. to the extreme you basically need to believe we’re all exactly the same, apart from external circumstance. At its extreme they’re the same type of people that don’t believe that men have an advantage in most sports, for instance.
- ZeroGravitas 2y agoThe book Erewhon has an interesting subplot about how in that magical place the criminals are treated as if they are sick and the sick are treated like they are criminals. I found it interesting in thinking about how much I attribute blame to individuals or their circumstances.