Comments on: Americans Increasingly Irresponsible http://www.circlingthedrain.com/2005/04/14/americans-increasingly-irresponsible/ this is the way the world ends Fri, 05 May 2006 00:49:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jen W http://www.circlingthedrain.com/2005/04/14/americans-increasingly-irresponsible/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Jen W Thu, 05 May 2005 19:46:22 +0000 http://www.circlingthedrain.com/archives/2005/04/14/americans-increasingly-irresponsible/#comment-11 I have noticed this, too, in just day-to-day experience, though I'd more likely refer to it as increasing self-involvement and/or the decline of the community (as individuals are more apt to think of themselves than the greater common good). A bloated sense of entitlement has been of particular concern in the United States, as evidenced by our increasing litigiousness and our increasing intolerance for immigrants and even foreign visitors to our country. Note to my fellow Americans: the rest of the world is not our personal labor force, nor one big strip-mining or marketing opportunity. The good news is that there are still a few folks around with enough forward thought and compassion to know that we just need to get over ourselves and start behaving more reasonably. :) I have noticed this, too, in just day-to-day experience, though I’d more likely refer to it as increasing self-involvement and/or the decline of the community (as individuals are more apt to think of themselves than the greater common good).

A bloated sense of entitlement has been of particular concern in the United States, as evidenced by our increasing litigiousness and our increasing intolerance for immigrants and even foreign visitors to our country. Note to my fellow Americans: the rest of the world is not our personal labor force, nor one big strip-mining or marketing opportunity.

The good news is that there are still a few folks around with enough forward thought and compassion to know that we just need to get over ourselves and start behaving more reasonably. :)

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