the entitlement generation

Over the last month I have begun to do a lot of self assessment. Where am I in this world, where am I going??? You know, the usual things that most people cycle through in their own minds on a somewhat daily basis. During this month of reflection I have taken notice to the world as well as myself. Where is the world right now? Where is IT going? More specifically, I was investigating into the Unites States and why we seem to have this sense of "entitlement". I read an interesting article which you can read here.

You can take what you want away from that article, some of it I found to be valuable and some of it just seemed to be a bunch of crap. The bottom line is simple, Americans are spoiled fucking brats. Myself included. Pardon my bluntness in addressing this topic, but I felt it needed to be said. We all seem to think that somebody owes us something, which is a little different than the aforementioned article claims, they have labeled my generation (1979-1994) the "entitlement generation" and seem to think that it is just this new crop of youth who are this way. This is also a bunch of crap.

The truth of the matter is America, has been heading in this direction since its inception. Every war fought, every human rights movement marched, every bomb constructed, every technological breakthrough made, every world series won, every movement towards modernity which has led us to a seat at the head of the global dinner table has brought us to our current state of affairs. As a part of this generation labeled, "the entitlement generation" I find it to be slightly ignorant, although par for the course, that we have been labeled as such by the "intellectual hierarchy". Here we find ourselves at another interesting discussion, labels. Labels are nothing more than generalizations supported with some continually changing data which may or may not apply to one specific individual, let alone an entire generation, however, I digress and this is for another blog.

So what the hell am I rambling about here anyways? Is anybody even reading this? Does it even matter?? This world is a scary place and we as Americans have the ability to help change that in some way, but it must start at home! Look around this month, or this week, or just today and notice how many people cut you off on the road, how many people don't hold the door for you when you are walking into a building, and how many people simply don't care anymore about much of anything unless it somehow affects them. There is definitely a sense of entitlement in this country and it is growing everyday. Entitlement, however, is something which is predicated upon hard work, something which Americans have been running farther and farther away from as time marches on. So please....Stop complaining! Stop desiring everything all at once! Stop being so fucking selfish and get of your ass and look at how ridiculous you really are!