Blame is condemnation useful in shaping the future. It’s not latent in who had the best opportunity to avoid a problem, or the last clear chance to avoid a problem, or who began a problem, etc.
Responsibility is something political beings invent to relate agents to causation.
When people talk about causation they’re not necessarily playing that game.
I don’t think blame works the way you seem to.
Blame is condemnation useful in shaping the future. It’s not latent in who had the best opportunity to avoid a problem, or the last clear chance to avoid a problem, or who began a problem, etc.
Responsibility is something political beings invent to relate agents to causation.
When people talk about causation they’re not necessarily playing that game.