On a personal level, I have a philosophy of responsibility eg..
by taking responsibility, choosing my responses & solutions to problems.
However, on a social level, I understand that people need more than someone telling them to take responsibility. I don't agree with a government department deciding that the way to solve problems is to let people take their own responsibility for their own lives. This is an abrogation of govt responsibility. Governments have to fund services and programs to help give people the skills and resources they need to become responsible. In this sense, the population is the "self" and the government is the mind taking responsibility for Its Self.