| Comment | Personal responsibility is important, but so is the council doing their duty. I pay a ridiculous and regressive amount of tax and I expect something in return.
Stop blaming individuals alone. There are larger forces at work here and when the council don't do their societal duties and leave the place a broken shithole, it affects people's mentality about the city. It's a feedback loop of negativity.
Moralising and finger wagging about bad parenting isn't going to fix the problem in any way, shape or form. It makes you feel better and superior to others, but it doesn't get litter picked up.
I'm frustrated too. I was raised in a way that littering is unimaginable. I get angry when I see people littering. I get it. But I hate this trend, especially since the inception of austerity, that transfers responsibilities of the state on to individuals and then blames the individuals for society wide issues they cannot alone tackle.
Everyone has a part to play here. Our council and institutions are atrocious. Labour/SNP it doesn't make any difference. These organisations need held to account and so do individuals. |
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