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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Sigh.
People have lost their savings. Their homes. Their livelihoods. And a good swath of them didn't have a say in the matter.
People who are in poverty and lost everything because of a broken system.
Is there no sympathy for these people? At all? Or is it all their fault as it appears the right-leaning crowd around here is suggesting? And is this conversation going to go in circles again?
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Did a 'broken system' cause people to run up massive credit card debt?
Did a 'broken system' make people decide it was fine to live above their means?
Did a 'broken system' cause people to buy more house than they could afford? I'm no genius but I didn't rush out to buy the biggest, most expensive house because I thought house prices would go up forever.
I acknowledge that the system is very flawed, but lets not remove personal responsibility out of the equation.