Is growing entitlement becoming a serious detriment to society today?

[Danny_dan92]

I definitely do

Yes

No

[Telekinetic-Potato]

The world isn't entitled enough. All of our modern problems can be traced back to people acting like it's wrong to want freedom.

People want to talk about the rich people feeling entitled to screw the poor and the poor feeling entitled to loot. And the politicians being entitled to lie.

What about my grandmother who was entitled to become an office manager for a Japanese company and bought a house for 30k that is worth 600k today?

Or her mother who felt entitled to come to this country to escape the Armenian genocide? Or my other ancestors who came here to escape the potato famine or my other ancestor who broke one of my great grandfather's out of slavery and escaped to the north?

You're entitled to whatever you can take in this world. I'm so grossed out by people getting shafted and then we act like the reason people can't afford to live or have social lives is because they're too entitled?

I don't think we have the same understanding of the word. An entitled person believes they deserve something so they help themself. They don't sit around dreaming of what they don't have. They fight for it.

[exitseven]

@Telekinetic-Potato Yes, I had an uncle tht was a cop He had many pithy expressions. among them was that the world is not fair and that the only justice is the kind you make for yourself. He also said that the sadists always find the masochists.

[lightbulb27]

not sure how to answer that. many of us were living rich or in a rich country... because we could print up money and confiscate the wealth of others. that is less so as the debt grows.

So that leaves a bunch of "wealth" addicted supersized grossly overweight sick people with high expectations. "What... I can't afford a car anymore"? Yea... that is a real reality for many now... priced out of the market, even some at old age.

So entitlement becomes a management tool because taking candy from a baby we know results in crying and problems. Govt don't want that.

So yes, it's a burden... unless we can generate enough electricity to run the robots to work for us.

[PeachyPie93]

Somewhat.. People have always been entitled but the internet just made it worse..
People just seem dumber and are lead by morons so easily, it's so ridiculous. I feel like we are getting closer and closer to idiocracy becoming our reality.

[LazerBean]

Absolutely. People need to stop coddling their children and start teaching them cause and effect.

[BeenThereLovedIt]

The wealthy capitalists think they get free unlimited use of roads, public services, EVERYONES water, etc. So yes, entitlement is at a breaking point. You can't take all the resources and leave everyone else with nothing or overcharge for a damn bottle of water, and expect people to be happy with it. This is how many internal collapses happen. Wake up people.

[Iron_Man]

Yes it is many people are feeling entitled. And they’re getting very spoiled and demanding and set in their ways

[katiesmuff]

Not sure how serious it is, but surely serious as it moved down the food chain of the very rich and now into our normal society.

[Danny_dan92]

Personally I think it came from the internet and social media. From a psychological level it makes sense.

[katiesmuff]

Oh I agree about social media, which by the way I have never allowed any of my kids to have. They have the chat bot I think which is between friends only.

[Danny_dan92]

Very wise decision honestly

[usernameobvious]

But as they say Danny, the wisest among us say;

'its also people who decide how to react or not to react to situations*

[exitseven]

Yes, there are millions of people who never went back to work after Covid. I won't lie, if I could have figured out how to do it and still pay my bills I would have done it.

[katiesmuff]

Those millions damn sure didn't feel entitled and would of happily gone back to work had there work come back. These were folks who worked in hotels, food industry etc which never reopened or failed quickly after attempting to reopen.
Other than the very rich which have always thought they were entitled comes a new group which are the ones who worked at home through covid and now refuse to return to the office many of which lost their jobs when corps let them go for not returning to normal operation.

[exitseven]

@katiesmuff I collected unemployment during covid. I was one of those people that actually made out better collecting unemployment than I did while i was working. On top of tht I was able to get many home improvement projects done that I did not have time to do while i was working. When my benefits ran out I tried to get an extension but could not do it.

[katiesmuff]

I thought you worked in IT which could easily be done at home so no reason for not working and how is one to believe your unemployment check could keep you home functioning properly without either dipping into savings or you live in a dump which is not what you give impression of.

[exitseven]

@katiesmuff I was teaching Computer Science at a college and they laid me off when the semester ended. I actually got more money collecting unemployment. there were lots of different things that you could apply for and nobody really scrutinized my applications. I got the feeling that they would give it out to just about anyone.
My wife works in health care so she was still working. I do not live in a dump.

[katiesmuff]

My god! Your wife works in healthcare and you are a trumpy, what a combination that must be. What the hell kind of college did you work for as schools and colleges in general didn't close, just went to virtual learning from home. I know as we had to find 3 separate places in our home for the kids to set up their school laptops and for the youngest either I or my mother had to be with. as he was only first grade. My sisters twins who were at Auburn U in Alabama also virtual and in hospital internships during covid. Would think your computer class would have been going gang busters!

[exitseven]

@katiesmuff I work at one of the state colleges. I was recently hired as a professor so Iwas low man on the seniority list.

[katiesmuff]

A true trump lover would never accept a government hand out like that.

[exitseven]

@katiesmuff I have paid into the system my whole life and any time I ever applied for financial aid for college for me or my kids I was always denied so I grabbed as. much as I could.

[katiesmuff]

Certainly you should not be able to get any with all that money your making by the bucket loads with your 401K plan and especially now with the huge ups yours is likely do to your god.

[exitseven]

@katiesmuff I started out poor and worked hard to dig myself out of the hole I was in. I graduated college when I was almost 40 years old. Before that I always had shitty low paying jobs. It was a struggle the whole time and anytime I ever applied for some kind or government assistance all I ever got was a blank stare and a bunch of excuses.

[MrChinaski]

What does that even mean?

There seems to be a wave of questions the past couple of days that mean absolutely nothing because the asker provides absolutely no context.

[NaultD]

The alternative is might makes right. Are you ready to fist fight for your entitlement to live another day against someone with a gun?

[Just_Ken]

Absolutely. A lot of people think theyve the right to tramp over others consequence free.

[LC75LC71]

Entitlement means nothing if you don't own land.

[Snakeyes7]

Exactly. This is why the welfare state needs to end.

[NotSomeUserName]

People want too much stuff now.

[noohair]

It has always been an issue.

[Chazmatazz269]

100%

[Mike_Hum]

Always has been.

[RedInnocent69]

💯 agree