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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGaslit Nation / Dame Magazine
https://www.damemagazine.com/gaslitnation/Personal Responsibility. Its an idea cherished by the Right, and often nodded to by those on the nominal Left who wish to appear reasonable to those they imagine are reasonable on the Right. What they are talking about when they talk about personal responsibility isnt just the general idea that people should act responsibly and brush their teeth and not walk into traffic, but rather that every person is responsible for themselves and not to each other. Its the idea that any help given to anyone else is a disservice, because it will cause them to not know how to take personal responsibility for themselves and thus leave them unable to survive. Like house cats left in the wild.
Many Americans like to believe that our traditions of personal responsibility and rugged individualism are what make the American Dream possible. That as long as you work hard and make the right sacrifices, you will be able to enjoy a good life, relatively protected from disaster.
https://www.damemagazine.com/2020/03/19/rugged-individualism-will-not-save-us-from-coronavirus/
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Gaslit Nation / Dame Magazine (Original Post)
turbinetree
Apr 2020
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WVreaper
(620 posts)1. Look at me!
It is all about themselves and the fuck with everybody else.
stopdiggin
(11,295 posts)2. personal responsibility is a tremendously effective trope
and you're entirely correct .. code for something much deeper, darker and atavistic.
Queue the arguments that we mustn't make unemployment (or food assistance) "too easy" ... Because you know what those dirty people will do ...
Laelth
(32,017 posts)3. "Personal responsibility" is a lame excuse for greed.
I dont know anybody who is personally responsible, and this especially applies to the rich people I know. They are utterly dependent on a system that favors their personal interests.
-Laelth