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When Safety Nets Enable Avoidance | Salt Lake City News
When doctors and social workers blame external forces for personal failures, they may be unintentionally enabling cycles of self-destruction. Theodore Dalrymple saw it firsthand: young people repeating their parents’ mistakes, blaming “my head went” for bad choices, and distancing themselves from responsibility. He argued that even well-intentioned safety nets can breed apathy and aimlessness when people are freed from struggle. The sexual revolution, he warned, brought freedom but also fractured families and fueled violence. Rob Henderson, who lived through this system, agrees: true help…
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