...I'm not sure I would call it your fault. I mean, if you didn't know about the problem, it doesn't make sense to blame yourself for not trying to fix it. Right? I'd probably blame the people who were corrupt in the first place.
Still, if I'd known sooner, I might have been able to do something to stop it... [But something occurs to her that just makes her feel guiltier.] ...maybe... I don't know.
... The truth is, even when I did find out, the perpetrators were fully protected by law. There wasn't anything I could do to bring them to justice...
...Yeah. I get what you mean. But - I don't think you should blame yourself for not knowing beforehand, as long as you work on doing your best to help fix things now.
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mustbepurged) wrote2022-06-04 02:17 pm
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...I'm not sure I would call it your fault. I mean, if you didn't know about the problem, it doesn't make sense to blame yourself for not trying to fix it. Right? I'd probably blame the people who were corrupt in the first place.
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... The truth is, even when I did find out, the perpetrators were fully protected by law. There wasn't anything I could do to bring them to justice...
But that's even worse, in a way.
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You mean, like... They designed the laws to protect themselves no matter what they did?
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I think we can start making things better now, but it still feels terrible that people had to suffer for so long in the meantime.
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