> Blaming the customers for not keeping track of everything and going for the cheapest option is like blaming climate change on the consumer. It's technically sort of true, but practically speaking it makes no sense.
It's part of the current US economical ideology where individual responsibility is taken as a mantra.
I completely agree with you, it's a good soundbite that any simple analysis and some thinking show how stupid it is.
Divide and conquer is very effective when the unit of measurement is the individual. I'd say this is core to what separates the 'left' in the US from the 'liberals' or 'liberal left'. For better and worse.
It's part of the current US economical ideology where individual responsibility is taken as a mantra.
I completely agree with you, it's a good soundbite that any simple analysis and some thinking show how stupid it is.