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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
I don't think that way at all. It's just what you tell yourself to help convince yourself of the moral superiority of your own one-sided views and so that you can easily dismiss any arguments or facts which might inconveniently challenge them.
I don't know anything about Canadian natives and how or why the government is supporting them. I do know plenty about Alaska natives. I also know this is the year 2014. Not 1700. They aren't trying to live in the forest and subsist on seal meat. They have jobs, homes, cars and flat screen tv's. Though they have that option to live in the forest and follow tradition, they elect not to... and that fact seems to be universal. And though they have every opportunity in the world to take advantage of all the assistance available to them.. it doesn't seem to improve the circumstances of those it's meant to improve.
You rationalize me asking the simple question... which you apparently have no answer for.... "at what point is the individual responsible for their own circumstances" by telling me that my attitude is "Fuck everyone" and stating that i "look down my noses at them".
Makes sense.
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you often come across like you are better than others, i know you've stated this isn't you at all but its totally how you come off. i don't have all or really any answers. i just know there are a lot of problems and relying on the idea that everyone should be responsible for themselves, which ideally they should, just isn't going to work. i think everyone is always responsible for their own circumstances to a degree. your parents circumstances will also help determine your own. sure you can 'just move' but its easier said than done for a lot of people. fact is a lot of people are fucked up and hopeless and unless someone gives a shit they're just going to continue to be fucked up and hopeless. its not your fault or my fault but its happening and telling people they should be responsible for themselves isn't going to change anything.