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Originally Posted by babylonDon
We as a nation, are big fans of judgment and retribution. We really should be focusing more on actual justice. We seem to get caught up in finding a place to aim our anger, than actually attempting to fix situations.
But identifying the problem is as far as I've come. I don't have a lot of solutions.
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Placing blame is something Americans are great at. I used to be guilty of that too, that so long as you can blame someone or something then problem solved, right?
About 15 years ago I was hired into a team of truly magnificent thinkers at the University of Chicago. (no I wasn't one of them, I was support) If there was one thing that I took away from working with these people it was how not to waste time and energy on finding blame. Up until then I was used to team meetings where the problem was laid on the table and all energy was put into find out who did it, once blame had been placed, we moved on.
When a problem arose at the University the first thing that happened was a solution was searched for, no time at all was wasted on who or what caused the problem, who's fault it was, that is totally unproductive.
Most of the time I witness all energy being poured into finding someone to blame rather than just finding a solution so it doesn't happen again. So in the end you have a scapegoat, but the problem is still there.