Victims who don't seem like actual victims

Jim Geraghty writes in National Review,

...Maybe I’m a cynic, but I keep running across “victims” who don’t seem like actual victims.

...Promoting personal responsibility is hard enough without political leaders who keep rushing to the cameras to tell Americans that nothing is ever their fault; it’s always the work of these nefarious sinister, powerful forces.

Is there any sign that Americans have learned the right lessons from the Obama years? Doesn’t it seem like we’re hungrier than ever for new scapegoats?

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