individuals with deeply personal choices to make, which is where transformation actually lies,
I have noticed (with much dismay) that a seemingly large number of people do not seem to make a connection between their actions and the consequences, for themselves and for others, of those actions. It isn't that they are shirking responsibility or trying to blame others, it's that they don't see the connection in the first place, as if they've given up on looking at the world and trying to make it better or never learned to do that in the first place.
I have no idea where this comes from, or indeed whether it's just imagined.
Personally, I can't define my 'class': some of my not-distant ancestors were peasant farmers and immigrants, some family members are manual workers, some are professionals, I grew up with not much money but lots of education.
Me, too, at least to an extent (although much of the perceived scarcity of money when I was a child was due to unfortunate spending and investment decisions rather than lack of income).
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Date: 2008-03-07 02:10 pm (UTC)individuals with deeply personal choices to make, which is where transformation actually lies,
I have noticed (with much dismay) that a seemingly large number of people do not seem to make a connection between their actions and the consequences, for themselves and for others, of those actions. It isn't that they are shirking responsibility or trying to blame others, it's that they don't see the connection in the first place, as if they've given up on looking at the world and trying to make it better or never learned to do that in the first place.
I have no idea where this comes from, or indeed whether it's just imagined.
Personally, I can't define my 'class': some of my not-distant ancestors were peasant farmers and immigrants, some family members are manual workers, some are professionals, I grew up with not much money but lots of education.
Me, too, at least to an extent (although much of the perceived scarcity of money when I was a child was due to unfortunate spending and investment decisions rather than lack of income).