That’s what most of these signatures and oaths are: ways to evade and place blame. You accept responsibility for something based on what you think you know, or what someone thinks you are supposed to know, at the time. When they ask you to sign, they want you to take the blame if something goes wrong.
Really, that’s all they want is for you to accept blame. Not that you assume responsibility, that they have someone to pin blame on. It may look the same on the surface, but the intent is wholly different.
I’m watching the current hot political issue, and that’s all they want to do: pin blame on someone else. No one wants to accept responsibility. No one is willing to look at themselves in the mirror to say what did I do wrong, what could I have done better.
But of course, why would they? That’s not what this is about. This is about doing all they can to make “the other side” look like cruel uncaring assholes, so “our side” can look good and win power. If you step back and detach yourself from your political affiliations, you’ll see they’re all acting like selfish, childish assholes.
Maybe if instead of pointing blame we assumed responsibility. If there were consequences for our wrong actions. And perhaps if when people took their oaths, they took them seriously.
Or at least, made better oaths:
“On the honor of my ancestors, I do solemnly swear that I have picked this frozen fruit puree and these frozen mushrooms. – Jack Donovan”
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