[rjvehn]

It is sad that British society is losing the belief in a stiff upper lip.

I think it is becoming accepted to make excuses everywhere. For individuals and groups, it is now seen as as okay to not to aim higher.

There are so many hard working people who were never handed anything, have actual physical disabilities, and they still work extreme hours to take care of their families and not be a burden.

I always think of how we construct Kobayashi Marus to tell ourselves and others that there are no-win scenarios, in some odd attempt to justify limiting ourselves to only grim options and schadenfreude for those who fail to echo acceptance.

What if this belief in a gritty realpolitik is an excuse for not wanting to think harder to achieve what is right? That individuals and groups willingly believe in a local maxima, because the hill climbing required to get the right outcome is accepted as fantasy?

[Dumblydorr]

What's your point? Is your thesis that those with mental illness make excuses everywhere?

[rjvehn]

My point is that excuses are being legitimized.