Sigmund Freud figured everything out in the late 19th century: if a person is troubled, neurotic, psychotic, insecure, maladjusted, unfulfilled, sexually unstable, troubled, depressed or unhappy, they probably had a parent who neglected, spanked, withheld love, had overly high expectations, intimidated, lacked consistency, and so on.
The idea that the individual is created by his environment has been useful to Marxists since forever. It means that the state creates the citizen. And leftists still claim that such environmental determinism is "science" and can't be questioned.
Yes, the left believes that we are blank slates, that given the right environment, anyone can be anything. We are born good. Therefore, if some groups have unequal results, tweak the environment, pass laws to level the playing field. The right, in volume after volume, proves we are born bad, with our own strengths and weaknesses, as a species and as individuals, in other words, genetic determinism. It's a loooong discussion, affecting social policy, for better and for worse.
The idea that the individual is created by his environment has been useful to Marxists since forever. It means that the state creates the citizen. And leftists still claim that such environmental determinism is "science" and can't be questioned.
Yes, the left believes that we are blank slates, that given the right environment, anyone can be anything. We are born good. Therefore, if some groups have unequal results, tweak the environment, pass laws to level the playing field. The right, in volume after volume, proves we are born bad, with our own strengths and weaknesses, as a species and as individuals, in other words, genetic determinism. It's a loooong discussion, affecting social policy, for better and for worse.