>Applies to welfare issues as well. Instead of helping the homeless guy and getting him back on his feet, we ignore him and ask the govt to help. Instead of helping the kid addicted to drugs kick the habit and running the dealers out of town, Karen calls 911 and the news channel to demand “action.” 100% We've been conditioned to not want to deal with it ourselves as our communities did for generations before us. To further distance ourselves, we've introduced lawyers who prevent us from dealing with it.