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“The paradox at the broad, public level is that political action and involvement can
“The paradox at the broad, public level is that political action and involvement can then take the form of simply “letting Congress do it,” thus refusing individual responsibility and involvement. The paradox at the level of personal decision and action is that such involvement may proceed in ignorance of the broader forces that have caused problems to occur in the first place. And the risk of that kind of ignorance is that it can turn political action and involvement into patronization. Action directed toward those less fortunate than ourselves, if uninformed by the causes of those misfortunes, can turn into a kind of “alms- giving” that soothes our consciences but blinds us to our implication in those causes for misfortune. The paradox of action, then, can threaten to paralyze us, preventing the ethical choices involved in metonymizing complex issues into the personal.”
Discuss how this plays out in a Kuwaiti context. You might want to consider the Bidoun issue, migrant workers, domestic workers, Palestinians –
Length: 150-250 words