In between the maddening begs for money, just about all I could hear on NPR was news of the bailout bill and it's failure. (or at least, it's failure on Monday
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i think a lot about entitlement. everyone wants something for nothing, and they're pissed when they don't get it. it makes me want to go live in the backwoods of a developing country for awhile. i'm not actually sure i could handle that, though. i mean, i'm not above these feelings of entitlement; i just try to be aware of them and quash them a bit.
anyhow, i applaud you for putting some blame back on the people. i was listening to this american life earlier today (episode #363: the enforcers), and they did a story about a group of guys in the u.s. who, as punishment, are scamming a guy in nigeria who sends out emails to try to get people's money by doing crazy bank transfers and stuff. (sorry, that was a long sentence.) they send the guy into chad with no clothes or money, supposedly to meet someone who will give him $200,000, and string him along for over three months before he gets back home. at the end of the episode the host talks about blame; the american dudes feel like it's the guy's own damn fault for being gullible enough to fall for their tricks, and the nigerian probably feels the same way about his victims. the reality is that they're both responsible.
i'd link to the story but this american life's website is apparently down right now. it was interesting; check it out if you get a chance.
this also reminds me of an ani difranco lyric (hour follows hour):
you can't really place blame cuz blame is much to messy some was bound to get on you while you were tryin to put it on me
anyhow, i applaud you for putting some blame back on the people. i was listening to this american life earlier today (episode #363: the enforcers), and they did a story about a group of guys in the u.s. who, as punishment, are scamming a guy in nigeria who sends out emails to try to get people's money by doing crazy bank transfers and stuff. (sorry, that was a long sentence.) they send the guy into chad with no clothes or money, supposedly to meet someone who will give him $200,000, and string him along for over three months before he gets back home. at the end of the episode the host talks about blame; the american dudes feel like it's the guy's own damn fault for being gullible enough to fall for their tricks, and the nigerian probably feels the same way about his victims. the reality is that they're both responsible.
i'd link to the story but this american life's website is apparently down right now. it was interesting; check it out if you get a chance.
this also reminds me of an ani difranco lyric (hour follows hour):
you can't really place blame
cuz blame is much to messy
some was bound to get on you
while you were tryin to put it on me
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