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Do you blame personal responsibility for the obesity epidemic?

Do you blame personal responsibility for a smoker’s lung cancer?

Do you blame personal responsibility for the liver failure of an alcoholic?

Do you blame personal responsibility for the Rohingya genocide?

It’s easy to blame the parents when Meta creates a hyper addictive application with beauty filters for example that amplifies society’s pressure on young girls to be of a certain pre-determined “norm”.

The issues young girls are facing go far beyond the extremely narrow view of “it’s the parent’s fault”.

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Yes, I always blame people for the things they do; to themselves, and to others.

There is a time where it's excusable, like when it wasn't clear that smoking causes cancer. But when you should know, then you should know.

I also understand that addiction is extremely difficult to fight, so I don't judge people who are addicted. But it is still their responsibility to solve the problem, or not to. It's the community's responsibility to support people fighting their addictions.

I judge people who pretend that there's no problem, say it isn't their responsibility, and let their children get addicted too.

Meta, and the entire internet, is a shit show. Corporations poison people's minds and addict them to useless content. They ruin lives. But that doesn't mean I'm not disappointed in myself if I give into it.

> Do you blame personal responsibility for the Rohingya genocide?

Umm.... yes?

I mean, who should be blamed for a genocide other than the people who carried it out?

(edited to remove unnecessary snark)

Meta had a nice helping hand in it. Maybe they should take blame too?

Sorry, I've never been very sympathetic to "The Devil/Meta made me do it" excuses.

You are aware that literally billions of people somehow manage to use Facebook without going out afterward and murdering their neighbors, yes?

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