Taking responsibility for your own actions is a thing of the past. We are brainwashed from a very early age to believe that the bad things we do are a result of a failure of society to bring us up.

About a year ago I got into a heated debate with a few friends of mine. They argued that we didn’t truly have control over our actions, that free will didn’t truly exist.

I argued the opposite, that what we did was entirely our choice and that we should be held accountable for our actions, as well as take responsibility for the shitty situations we got ourselves into.

For example a fat man may decide to blame the abundance of harmful processed foods for his obesity. He reasons that, since it is so cheap and convenient to purchase this harmful food, that he is compelled forevermore to be overweight.

This notion is ridiculous as there is no shortage of decent and nutritious food out there. The food is cheap and convenient to buy and there is plenty of information on how to cook it.

Contrary to what I have just said, society does play a role in this inefficiency. It is however limited to making people feel justified in their foolish decisions.

The responsibility for a persons actions ultimately rests with themselves.

Regards

-Simon