Where did the "I Can't Because..." mindset come from?

[SunsetBengal]

(05-16-2015, 03:52 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: 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.

We are, indeed, far removed from the days of "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country".