Friend with debt problems

Fact: An individuals actions and decision making process are a direct consequence of their life experiences!


Has the person been exposed to society and media influences?

If so then it is reasonable to assume that society and media have contributed to their outlook on debt.
 
Individuals ultimately make decisions of their own volition. To blame the media/society for one's debts problems is a real cop-out.
 
ClubMan said:
It's not true. Society/the media are not responsible for the actions of any individual.
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Well, it's kind of true....
Society/media have some responsibility for influencing the way people behave. OK, the individual has to take responsibility for acting on the influence, and can't rely on blaming society as an excuse not to change the habits that got them into a mess, but when a particular message is so pervasive in everyday life it's hard for the individual to ignore.

Plenty of financial institutions added to the 'irrational exuberance' with credit-on-a-plate offers, and how much media coverage was given to big spenders and those living the high life compared to that given to the Eddie Hobbs's of this world? Maybe society as a whole didn't pull the trigger, but didn't it protest either when the institutions that shape it were telling people how great guns are and where they could get them, at a low apr...
 
DJC said:
OK, the individual has to take responsibility for acting on the influence, and can't rely on blaming society as an excuse not to change the habits that got them into a mess, but when a particular message is so pervasive in everyday life it's hard for the individual to ignore.
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But not impossible.
Plenty of financial institutions added to the 'irrational exuberance' with credit-on-a-plate offers, and how much media coverage was given to big spenders and those living the high life compared to that given to the Eddie Hobbs's of this world? Maybe society as a whole didn't pull the trigger, but didn't it protest either when the institutions that shape it were telling people how great guns are and where they could get them, at a low apr...
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People decide to take out credit of their own volition. Nobody else forces them.
 
I'm with Clubman on this one. Its easy to blame society, the meeja, etc for one's own actions and decisions. Whatever happened to a bit of personal responsibility?
 
Ok, let's stick to the issue of how to address the individual's problems and not those of society's as a whole.

Feel free to carry on such a discussion/debate in Letting off Steam.
 
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