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The other side of the issue is of course the abuse of the system at the upper echelons where jobs become temporary and subject to companies receiving tax and breaks, grants and other handouts from government. This isnt diligence or social responsibility by any stretch of the imaginaton and they care even less than beaurocracies. The entire system has become an outsourcing of what were once core government responsibilities to greedy and exploitative companies at massive expense to the public purse and with zero accountability. Thats what happened in New Orleans and its whats happening at every level of government now. So what price now of encouraging diligence? whay do you only focus on those most badly let down by the system and not those with the power to do something about it?



I agree with most of your description of reality as it currently exists. I do not agree so much with your root cause analysis. And if you have understood my words to mean that I ONLY think the downtrodden need to be more diligent, then we have yet to communicate effectively.

I think diligence and accountability are desirable for ALL people, at EVERY level in a society. I think cultures are defined by the traits they reinforce in their people. I think western civilization has stopped reinforcing morality, which is a key element in responsibility to others, and therefore we are rapidly becoming a culture that is defined by the common thread of social irresponsibility at every level

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