Comment on Thoughts about responsibility

faythofdragons@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I think its because of there has been a perversion of responsibility.

Like, it’s super normal for bosses in the US to require you to come to work during incliment weather, and you don’t get paid if you call out, and rent is already barely affordable. Then you hit an icy patch and slide into a BMW.

I wouldn’t feel responsible, for one. I didn’t want to drive in this, but I am because I don’t want to be homeless. It’s my boss’s fault for not paying me enough to miss a day of work, but the court doesn’t agree.

For two, if I accept responsibility, I am now on the hook for all the cost of replacing a BMW, and possibly medical bills. If I’m struggling to pay rent, where is that money going to come from?

Why is it “responsible” to abstain from medical treatment so I can afford to pay for theirs? Why should I have to lose my job because I’m out a car too, but can’t afford a beater because I’ve got to buy them a new BMW? How is it fair to have a lifetime of debt, with no way of repaying it, because I was operating under duress?

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