Sense of Entitlement.

[Jersey Domino]

It seems like people nowadays have a sense of entitlement.

Why is that?

 

[Shepherd 2]

My personal opinion is that many belileve that they deserve something for nothing. I say it is an innate laziness. Life when it is too easy is seductive of the desire to do nothing and enjoy the same benefist as others who are indeed hard working. That may be simplistic to some who will read this, but it is my honest opinion.

Shep+

 

[spearsfan20]

Some people in the world think they rule over everybody and act like they have so much power in their hands. It's the reason I don't feed off anybody's big ego.

If you are not the class president, the head of a fraternity, the editor-in-chief of a publication media, the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, then you are just looked down on as another "member" or "associate" and not earning a status quo for your dedication and excellence other than being upgraded to the highest level of profession.

 

[Orlandude]

In large part, you can thank the attorneys for this "sense of entitlement" mindset. They created it. That includes all the attorneys in Congress, which includes most of the senators and congressmen that we all elect... on either side of the aisle. They are all guilty of it, whether it be for the common person or for corporate entitlements, bailouts and corporate "welfare". It's all BS.

When entitlements became LAW, that was the end of self-sufficiency in the minds of a lot of people. There is no turning back now and efforts to curb entitlements have largely failed and will continue to fail. Too many people feel they are entitled to everything, even OWED a living!

Sad.

 

[hopnung]

I don't feel entitled to anything.

But when I want something, it's good to feel like I deserve something - and that will push me to work hard to get it... not just sit back and expect it.

 

[valis23]

It's the Liberal mindset as taught in public schools.

 

[rareboy]

In large part, you can thank the attorneys for this "sense of entitlement" mindset. They created it. That includes all the attorneys in Congress, which includes most of the senators and congressmen that we all elect... on either side of the aisle. They are all guilty of it, whether it be for the common person or for corporate entitlements, bailouts and corporate "welfare". It's all BS.

Nonsense.

The Age of Enlightenment, which produced the Bill of Rights is the beginning of the era where the hoi polloi felt they were entitled to anything. It might have started earlier with the invention of Christian entitlement to forgiveness, but the American Declaration of Independence and that annoying Bill of Rights is where it all started to go to Orlando in a bucket.

Entitlement to pursuit of happiness, to voting, to guns and to freedom of worship and separation of church and state or to freedom from slavery etc., etc., etc.

Recently, it is about entire nations thinking they are entitled to rule the world and to all the resources in it before all others.

It is about several generations of people who think that because of the lucky sperm club or the fact that grampa went to war or their families floated in on a raft 200 years earlier than a lot of others that they are entitled to protection of their mores and standards and lifestyle ahead of the hordes of swarthy foreigners taking their jobs and their women.

It is now about parents who can't say no to their precious little babies and just keep giving and giving and giving and giving and giving without expecting anything back in return. And this is reinforced by a whole system where everyone flogging some useless piece of shit convinces everyone that they should have it because dammit, they're entitled to the most, the best, the biggest, the loudest, the priciest...

It is about students who feel that they are entitled to graduate just because they bother to show up and to get a 6 figure salary when they graduate because that is what those hard years in school entitle them to receive.

And all the people out there who think they are entitled to love and to happiness without having to lift a finger themselves to help create it.

It ain't about lawyers.

 

[Kulindahr]

People are entitled to a happy life.

No, they're entitled to try to have a happy life. It's up to them to achieve that; they have no business expecting anyone else to provide it for them.

It's the Liberal mindset as taught in public schools.

That's a major part of it. I hear people say they have a "right" to food stamps, housing subsidies, and so on. That's pure bunk.

Nonsense.

The Age of Enlightenment, which produced the Bill of Rights is the beginning of the era where the hoi polloi felt they were entitled to anything. It might have started earlier with the invention of Christian entitlement to forgiveness, but the American Declaration of Independence and that annoying Bill of Rights is where it all started to go to Orlando in a bucket.

Entitlement to pursuit of happiness, to voting, to guns and to freedom of worship and separation of church and state or to freedom from slavery etc., etc., etc.

Recently, it is about entire nations thinking they are entitled to rule the world and to all the resources in it before all others.

It is about several generations of people who think that because of the lucky sperm club or the fact that grampa went to war or their families floated in on a raft 200 years earlier than a lot of others that they are entitled to protection of their mores and standards and lifestyle ahead of the hordes of swarthy foreigners taking their jobs and their women.

It is now about parents who can't say no to their precious little babies and just keep giving and giving and giving and giving and giving without expecting anything back in return. And this is reinforced by a whole system where everyone flogging some useless piece of shit convinces everyone that they should have it because dammit, they're entitled to the most, the best, the biggest, the loudest, the priciest...

It is about students who feel that they are entitled to graduate just because they bother to show up and to get a 6 figure salary when they graduate because that is what those hard years in school entitle them to receive.

And all the people out there who think they are entitled to love and to happiness without having to lift a finger themselves to help create it.

It ain't about lawyers.

There's a difference between rights and entitlement.
Rights are inherent, and they give the freedom to achieve good things in life. An entitlement is where you think you have the authority to threaten everyone else with men with guns, if they don't provide for you when you haven't lifted a finger to earn that stuff.

Pursuit of happiness, self-defense with the weapon of your choice, freedom of speech, freedom of association, privacy -- those are all rights. None of them tread on the rights of anyone else. Entitlements, however, tread on everyone else's rights, because they make everyone else a slave to provide the recipient with something for nothing.

The liberal education system, trial lawyers, the "it's not your fault" juvenile justice system, and politicians across the board have fed the entitlement mindset. It began in a serious way under FDR, and it will end in the destruction of the country if it isn't brought to a halt. A chunk of that was achieved under Clinton, but there's a long way to go.

 

[rareboy]

^ Ah yes, but before people were taught to think that they were entitled to so called inherent Rights, we all knew that in the proper medieval order of the world, citizens were entitled to nothing. Except what the church and the King would grant them.

And so that, dear reader is where we began the great ascent on the slippery slope to entitlement.

 

[rareboy]

^ I am using it to mean what it actually means, not some completely and inexplicably incorrect interpretation.... probably in use among the hoi polloi, who likely turn to 'pseudodictionary' before opening an Oxford.

"Hoi polloi (Greek: οἱ πολλοί): "the many" in Greek, used in English to denote "the masses" or "the people" or "the majority"...

...and yes, I'm aware that the second article 'the' is redundant.

 

[gsdx]

Many people interchange the words 'right' and 'privilege' when they shouldn't and both are often substituted by 'entitlement'.

That's why television court programmes like People's Court and Judge Judy are so popular.

 

[RationalLunacy]

I am entitled to my opinion and I am unanimous in that.

 

[bighair]

There is this bunch of losers that turn up alot on the Internet that are particulary bad with the "Sense of Entitlement" thing. They always seem to be bitching about having to pay tax and show some sort of responsiblity to society, even though they seem to be quite happy use the goods and services taxation and society provide

The funny thing is that most seem to be still living with (and off) their parents. I guess it is kind of OK if you are a twenty year old because you will probably grow out of it about the time you give up World of Warcraft and find a job and get an apartment of your own. These tend to give some sense of responsibilty to most people.

The scary thing is there are still guys in their thirties and forties, still at Mum's place, still racheting on about tax and freedom and guns, still being fed and housed by their parents, still thinking that it is everyone else that has the "Sense of Entitlement" not themselves.

I think they call themselves " Libertines" or "Libertarians". They seem to like Sci-Fi writers like Robert Heinlein a lot.

Actually they are kind of funny.​

 

[Zeremonie]

Good question. Related answers: lack of a hard work ethic and hubris.

And arrogance gets underneath my skin like you wouldn't believe.