Who is to blame?
Short answer…
We all are.
The act of blame serves three purposes.
One; is to target a thing, a person, with responsibility negatively.
Two, to generate guilt in a thing, a person.
Three, to deflect responsibility.
The blame game is as old as the human race.
Why are there no crops?
Who vandalized my sundial?
Why is the person I love dead?
Somebody did something; consequently, somebody must be to blame.
Who is to blame?
I can’t be to blame, am I?
When was the last time you heard anyone say they were at fault?
On average, Occam’s Razor says no one that you can personally remember.
It’s easier to blame anything else but yourself.
Bandits, crooks, hucksters, flimflam men, liars, despots, dictators, and the sociopath in your friends and family all use blame to stay in power.
Blame is used by governments, religions, social media, and charities the world over.
Someone is to blame!
Blame them!
You’re innocent.
Give me money, give me power, give me your soul.
Trust me.
Just an aside, if anyone ever says to you, trust me, they are immediately untrustworthy.
Trust is earned, not taken.
And that’s at the core of blame.
Blame says that the other person is responsible.
You ultimately are taken off the hook; if someone else is to blame, you don’t have to do anything.
For that kind of relief, allegiances are formed between those who blame others and those who believe they are not responsible.
I’m here to say we are all responsible.
Hunger, poverty, injustice, and fear we are the weavers of darkness.
There is no outside force, no invisible mythical entity darkening the world.
Its people.
Us.
Our brothers and sisters who live in fear of the truth.
That fear we are all equal.
Everything we love will die someday.
This is why it is so important to love one another while we can the best way that we can.
That is why we must stand for justice the best way that we can.
That is why we must feed the hungry.
Help those that are sick.
Be with those that grieve.
This is why we must drop the blame and take responsibility for our life.
No one is to blame, but our failure to do what is right when it is needed.
Doing nothing is not a virtue.
Doing nothing is the tread that holds together the blindfold of fear.
I’m just one voice in a chorus.
I’m asking…
Drop hate be hope.
Peace
DFrey
