Dennis Prager quotes Taylor Swift's "It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me" to argue that people avoid self-examination and blame external forces instead. He says looking inward at your own flaws, not outward at society's problems, is what makes you wiser.
I'll begin with the lyrics to a Taylor Swift song. Spelling is fun! It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me. I stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror. The moment an individual knows that, there is an immeasurably greater chance of being a deeper, finer, wiser, better human being. Secular schools increasingly, certainly today, the great issue is not the kid, not the individual, of the society. I am not my problem. America, or whatever society you live in, that's the problem. Those lines—
<LYRICS>It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me—</LYRICS> —are life-changing.
You can't stare at the sun. It's easier to stare at the sun than it is to stare in the mirror. The moment you do that, you realize we are the issue. That's good.
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