Reply #23: thanks for reminding us that we need to point the finger at ourselves rather than some politician

[Ocracoker16]

I have read all the posts so far and I am not convinced that anyone is expressing really genuine concern. Ofcourse, certain politicians have had a role in getting us where we are today. However, I think sometimes we find blaming these politicians to be a convenient way of putting aside the issue and deciding that it is someone else's problem. I think that when we do that we only end up reinforcing the idea that this is the status quo and is going to be how it is. We may not have been the ones who made decisions that created this mess, but by our silence and our failure to act we have allowed these problems to continue in our society. We can't fix these problems overnight, but should we allow that to make us decide that there is no use in trying to bring about change. Nobody needs to be the ultimate hero for the cause and do everything. We need to be vocal with our leaders. We have to tell them that we will not allow them to just maintain the status quo.