These words I highlighted here remind me of an essay I read in January 2021 by Paul Patrick Garlinger, https://medium.com/spiritual-secrets/take-responsibility-for-a-world-you-did-not-create-eafca8d37234 , subtitled, "It’s the spiritually mature approach to the problems we face as a society," in which PPG writes: "One of the most common responses to many of the world’s problems is to say that it’s not yours to solve. That response might take the form of 'my ancestors didn’t own slaves, I didn’t participate in slavery, I’m not racist, etc.' and therefore, 'this isn’t my problem to solve, I’m not part of the problem, so no I don’t have white privilege and shouldn’t pay for reparations with my tax dollars.' Another version goes something like, 'I am not responsible for all the plastic in the ocean, and I didn’t produce all the methane that’s heating the planet, and I recycle and sometimes compost, and so I don’t feel like I’m responsible for cleaning up the environment.' ... Those are just two examples of the logic that shapes the predominant model of responsibility: It’s not my fault, so I don’t bear responsibility. We rely on a model of responsibility based on individual liability — if your actions are the primary or sole cause of harm, only then you are held responsible for them. This model also depends on that individual’s actions resolving the problem."

PPG goes on to say:

"Can we create a sense of responsibility that is not rooted in individual wrongdoing? Another model of responsibility would extend to issues that you in your individual capacity believe you did not cause or contribute to them. This is where spirituality meets social and political change. We need a model of responsibility that says that the problem exists because I participate in a system that collectively suffers from this problem — and I am part of that system. It endangers the entire system, and therefore I have an interest in doing what I can to solve it, even if I am not at fault."