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Few of us still believe that assertion since many of the elected will stand by, or lie, as Americans die. Photo by   History in HD   on  Unsplash . . Essay originally published on Medium . . The January 6th insurrection, and the COVID pandemic were both infected by a devaluing of Americans not in their group, whether black, blue, brown, or white lives. However you qualify the deaths of Americans over the last 21 months, I think somewhere around   three quarters of a million   were due to a government that could be, and was switched off in critical ways when we needed it most. There are two basic outcomes from this devolution of our government. Either a   slow climb   back towards political   solvency , achieving a   bipartisan, reaching-across-the-aisle   politics, closer to what we had 40 to 60 years ago,   or   a   quicker slide   into full devolution and dissolution. . I am not saying what was accomplished 50 years...

  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...