Mark Steyn nails it (HT: Gary Schiff) in a piece on Greece and the path we’re on in the US. My favorite part:
We hard-hearted, small-government guys are often damned as selfish types who care nothing for the general welfare. But, as the Greek protests make plain, nothing makes an individual more selfish than the socially equitable communitarianism of big government. Once a chap’s enjoying the fruits of government health care, government-paid vacation, government-funded early retirement, and all the rest, he couldn’t give a hoot about the general societal interest. He’s got his, and to hell with everyone else. People’s sense of entitlement endures long after the entitlement has ceased to make sense.
That’s just my favorite part. The whole thing is better. Read it. Share it.
UPDATE: Don did blog on this two days ago and I missed it. Oh well. If you missed it the first time, read it again. And this Bloomberg article (HT: Drudge) on Greek strikers captures the dysfunctional nature of the entitlement mindset that Steyn is discussing.
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Well, Pubicus, can I call you that? Pubby?
Pubation, I would start with the big 3: language, law, and liberty (yes, I know, 1 & 2 are parts of 3)
Progressives have distorted and basically destroyed these 3 pillars of western society, starting with the language of “meaning,” whatever that means. They then moved to the other 2, with intent to control social structure, after their overt socialist agenda failed in the 1930s. This is documented history.
The only areas progressives have been successful in are the ones with captive audience, i.e. zero competition, and usually as defined by them (i.e. you).
The Village Idiot’s version of this, ObamaliniCare, is but another example of failed salesmanship, because the product sucks ass. No other way to put it, mon ami.
But again, since you have an extremely limited view of the world, and have never encountered these things personally, I do not expect you to either understand or even acknowledge they even exist, because you have a cognitive disability.