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> Unfortunately as a nation our culture appears to have shifted away from taking personal responsibility for anything. That's as old as hierarchy. The Hillsbor
by arkh 2y ago
> Unfortunately as a nation our culture appears to have shifted away from taking personal responsibility for anything.
That's as old as hierarchy. The Hillsborough disaster was in the 90s: every one tried to shift the blame. The different sex abuse scandals (Rotherham, Rochdale, Telford etc.)? Same shit started early 90s and still going on with looking for people other than police to blame.
- gambiting 2y agoI think that it's not just on that scale anymore though - it shifted to affect literally everything in your personal sphere too. Dropped the knife and hurt yourself? Blame manufacturer for making such slippery handle! Drove without adjusting speed for the conditions and ended up in a hedge? Better complain to the local council for not setting the right speed limit! Failed an assignment at school? It must have been badly written! I could keep going and going and going. It's so incredibly rare to hear "yeah that's my fault" nowadays, the first reaction is almost always to immediately blame anything else as if it's a magic get out of jail card(because actually, it is a lot of the time).