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Politics is Not Enough; and Never has Been. Much More Action is Required!
And the personal responsibility scapegoat, and social responsibility escapers.
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Life is real for everyone… In both good and bad ways, but in different doses. No one gets the same exact shot at it. We have a right to be very loud, angry, and demanding about certain things, and at other times, we are obliged to shut up and listen, serve, and give back. Sometimes we overuse, or we underutilize one, or the other. Maybe we deserve where we are at, or we are unlucky compared to most, or much luckier than we realize. Personal responsibility has a place, yet when and where is it unrealistic for an individual’s responsibility to be ascribed causation priority? Accordingly, does government have any comprehensive social responsibility, or is most of the societal responsibility allotted to religious charities who can hopscotch over their sacrificial lambs, along with private sector services and private charities that make choices case by case, and provide haphazard coverage?
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All of that said, ignoring counterintuitive ideas, and taking illogical positions, as well as oversimplifying the complexities within our changing society, politicians are able to argue around in circles in a never ending, vicious cycle of not quite half solutions. More…
