The thing that always strikes me as weird about this argument is they never seem to apply it anywhere else. If you’re robbed, it’s the fault of the robber. If your plane crashes, it’s the fault of the pilot or engineer. If you’re murdered, it’s the fault of the murderer. Why is it so incomprehensible to them that people can make bad decisions on a societal level that then affect millions of other people in a negative way that isn’t at all the fault of those affected?
There seems to be this very limited understanding of what a society is and how power is held in it. They only know power can affect others when it’s affecting them and their immediate circle. The idea of large-scale analysis of power dynamics and who it affects is almost entirely beyond them. Is this an educational issue? A social one? What the hell do we have to tell them to get them to notice there are other people in the country than their neighbors?
