pull down to refresh

The individual is seldom responsible for the shortcomings of his life, it's almost always some external culprit that takes the blame.
I'd say that the individual is responsible for fixing his shortcomings and improving himself. But many times, he is not to take the "blame" for his shortcomings. Nobody is perfect. Responsibility focuses on improvement; blame focuses on denigrating the person.
Isn't the blaming itself a way for the blamer to escape his own responsibility and project his shortcomings onto others?