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If one person fails at something, maybe it is on them. We don’t want to rush into some kind of moral judgment about them deserving the consequences because they may have issues with their personal history, cognitive abilities, or relationships that led to the failure, but it’s still individual characteristics (even if it’s not their fault, per se).
If hundreds of thousands to millions of people are failing in the same way, we’re looking at a systemic problem rather than a personal one, and bootstraps aren’t the answer. Don’t think about it like someone who made it and is justifiably proud of what they did. Think about it like a statistician. How many people in similar circumstances to yours made it without falling into religious fundamentalism, conservative politics, or even substance abuse and being stuck wherever their birth landed them? I bet it’s a pretty high percentage, even if we only count the ones whose parents threw them a textbook.
Systemic problems require systemic solutions. We have a lot to get through before we can get there, but it’s still easier to fix if the problems are properly diagnosed - and demonstrably the existence of the internet and smartphones is not solving it.
yes, however:
being a victim of a systemic problem doesnt really justify being a racist and homophobic bigot that clings to a false narrative in spite of overwhelming evidence.
and when a group of people have decided to be hateful to me because of shoddy reasons, ive decided I can say whatever I like about them.