A new poll finds most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support.
Individual choices, like being born poor, not being able to afford higher education, or worse, having any long term illnesses! They made their bed they can lay in it
The story of Procrustes should be taught from early primary school and studied in-depth through required philosophy courses in secondary and post-secondary education.
Why Procrustes? I admit I didn’t recognize the name at first, but I still don’t know of its philosophical applications.
Edit: but I totally support mandatory philosophy courses (my country had them during high school, it’s great to teach reasoning and “independent” thinking)
Individual choices, like being born poor, not being able to afford higher education, or worse, having any long term illnesses! They made their bed they can lay in it
/s I guess
I mean, why didn’t they just try to not be poor?
They should take their frustrations out on the people who put them there.
I keep saying, we should be encouraging incels to pivot from elementary schools to country clubs.
The world would be a better place.
Well, if it can happen to anybody then it can happen to them, and that’s scary.
But if you can blame choices, then they just never make that choice and live safely in their judgemental bubbles, because it’ll never happen to them.
This thinking also “protects” from a multitude of other terrible (potential) life events.
The story of Procrustes should be taught from early primary school and studied in-depth through required philosophy courses in secondary and post-secondary education.
Why Procrustes? I admit I didn’t recognize the name at first, but I still don’t know of its philosophical applications.
Edit: but I totally support mandatory philosophy courses (my country had them during high school, it’s great to teach reasoning and “independent” thinking)
His story is the origin of the saying.