05-16-2015, 03:52 PM
(05-16-2015, 01:33 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: I've been noticing it more and more everywhere I go.
Why do people fall into this trap?
Or is it that I am noticing it more and it's always been there?
I'm looking for some more context, here. I think I know to what you are referring, but I can't be sure.
If it is what I think it is, there has been a decades long road to this path. Post World War II we saw a decline in the attitude of "we can do anything". There are a number of theories as to why this has happened. Some will tell you it is a more privileged attitude from some and that they lack work ethic. Some will tell you that it is because of widening gaps in the socioeconomic structure of our country causing a decline in motivation as the upward mobility potential is almost completely squashed.
What the real reason is, though, is still debated.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
