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Politics is Not Enough; and Never has Been. Much More Action is Required!

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  And the   personal responsibility   scapegoat, and social responsibility escapers. Photo by   Jochen Gabrisch   on   Unsplash . . Essay originally published on Medium . . Life is real for everyone… In both good and bad ways, but in different doses. No one gets the same exact shot at it. We have a right to be very loud, angry, and demanding about certain things, and at other times, we are obliged to shut up and listen, serve, and give back. Sometimes we overuse, or we underutilize one, or the other. Maybe we   deserve   where we are at, or we are unlucky compared to most, or much luckier than we realize.   Personal responsibility   has a place, yet   when and where is it unrealistic for an individual’s responsibility to be ascribed causation priority?   Accordingly,   does government have any   comprehensive   social responsibility, or is most of the societal responsibility allotted to religious charities who ca...