It also blinds those who point the finger from understanding how they might have been complicit. They also play the blame game in an attempt to deflect any shame placed on them by others. I believe this kind of blame culture blinds us.įor one, those who are responsible become less inclined to own that responsibility, to put up their hand when they’ve made a mistake. How we go on the offensive instead of looking to assume any kind of collective responsibility for our current state of affairs. The way we like to sit on our high horse of righteousness and declare how superior we are. Of course talking about lessons we sorely need to learn isn’t a problem, but I do believe the way we seek to attribute blame is. All without doing diddly-squat except have an opinion (says the man sitting behind a keyboard).

The way we complain about how our government has failed us or how incompetent our colleagues were, before declaring how they should have done this, that or what-the-fuck ever. The way we all love to have such strong opinions after the fact. The reason I love this skit is because of how accurately it portrays our society at large. Afterwards he flies away while everyone cheers hysterically, despite the fact he didn’t actually help anyone. He then “helps” the people in need by making a stirring speech about all the ways everyone should have acted to prevent the tragedy from happening in the first place. For those who’ve not seen it, Captain Hindsight is a super hero (of sorts) who shows up to the scene of a disaster while it’s taking place. There’s a character from the popular sitcom South Park called Captain Hindsight.

Captain hindsight