There does seem to be a common thread in America of not taking responsibility for what an agent or agency is clearly liable for. Think about abortion. Over the course of human history there has been made time and again this stunning discovery that sex leads to babies. Had sex? Baby on the way? There would seem to me to be an unravelling of a very obvious and forseable future that if not interfered with would lead to the birth of a new human being. When you do something about it and abort the baby you're stepping in and relieveing a measure of responsibility.
Similarly, with the understanding of how national policy affects markets and people. I guess the big debate now is over immigrant labour-- Our official stance governs the possibilities and probabilities of certain kinds of life and communities within the influence of that stance. You have to wonder to what extent we are responsible for the forseable future at the national level, nevermind global atm.
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