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Have you ever met “they?” Me neither, but from what I hear, he or she is a pretty bad dude.
“They” is responsible for every ill we face from rent prices to mortgage interest rates and student loans. “They” have caused housing prices to rise and inflation too. “They” have rigged the system, even health insurance premiums. “They” made Social Security a scam. “They” is why people don’t earn what they think they should.
“They” seem have total control over our economy with the ability to Ignore supply and demand and prices.
Blaming “they” is an easy substitute for reality and in my opinion most often a crutch to ease the burden of individual responsibility and poor decisions.
I have yet to get anyone to define “they” so I guess it depends on a persons particular gripe. I have concluded “they” may be the wealthy, the government, insurance companies, or big corporations.
I think we need more “I” and “me” and less “they” when it comes to our economy wellbeing.
I have also observed that when “they” is blamed it is most often accompanied by a lack of information, misinformation or simply subject matter ignorance.
Ignorance is more abundant in our world than microplastics.
Well Dick, you know what they say…
This reminds me of the Family Circus cartoons where the little ghosts “not me” and “Ida Know” were always getting into trouble instead of the children. LOL! Chris
I remember talking with a guy who previously managed large quarries. He was telling me when his staff would say “None of you guys care about safety!”, he would ask that staff member which individual manager / supervisor didn’t care. The conversation would always end.
My take away was that it was much easier to blame a vague “those guys” rather than to really think about details or root cause.
Not only do I agree, I’ve been trying to figure out who writes the stuff that “they” say.
Apparently “They” has gone into business with “Them,” calling the company “Not My Fault” LLC… but I’m taking absolutely no responsibility for that rumor. I might get a visit from “The Man.’”
Oh wow Mark, there’s an Irish “the man” too?
There certainly is, although I suspect he’s just a US franchise operator lol.