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I don't blame people for their failures. Failures are good. It is how you learn to succeed. I don't even blame people for giving in to circumstance. It's their choice to make.

but maybe they would choose not to give in. They simply have to. For example; a marathon runner trains every day for the big race and gets turned quadriplegic by a drunk driver. He can no longer participate in the race. Whose responsible? Why the marathon runner of course. For being dumb enough to get in the path of a drunk driver. He better take some responsibility...

Oh I forgot. Quadriplegics are out winning marathons left and right. They just get some mechanic legs and go...

I do think that such people should not envy my successes. If you don't want to cope with my failures (there were many), you have no right to be envious of the little success I have.

well first off, you can't tell people what they have a "right" to be envious of.

Perhaps that is because all successful people believe in that crap. Name one truly successful person whose life is not riddled with failures. Donald Trump went bankrupt numerous times, Steve Jobs was fired from the company he created (only to return as it's savior a decade later), Lenny Kravitz was rejected again and again by the music business until someone finally gave him a break... the list goes on...

All these people have in common that after every fall, they pick themselves up and try again. And again. And again.

I agree that failure is usually a necessary step up towards success. However, some people are more resilient than others. The reasons for this are complex and cannot simply be chalked up "personal responsibility". Well they can, but only if that is your religion. It's like saying the sky is blue because god made it that way. Steve Jobs got where he was cause he took more responsibility than anyone else. Both statements might be true. But you can't prove either of them.

It's not a religion and I am not holding a gun to anyone's head shouting "TAKE RESPONSIBILITY!", so my views can hardly be damaging to anyone but myself. Fortunately, what happens to me is entirely my responsibility.

I hate to break it to you but you don't live in a bubble. We share this world, this reality, my friend. Ignore that truth at yours and everyone else's peril.

I'm not trying to say personal responsibility doesn't exist. I believe it does, but its merely one factor in determining how somebody's life turns out. When people start viewing it as the ONLY factor, that is when we get distorted views and perspectives about people. This translates into actions that have very real consequences.