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Harmful parenting styles lead to children that grow up to be debilitated and somehow it gets turned around to be called 'entitlement'. It's just shifting the bl

Harmful parenting styles lead to children that grow up to be debilitated and somehow it gets turned around to be called 'entitlement'. It's just shifting the blame from the bad parents to the child, like victim blaming.

bill_joy_fanboy 4y ago
Whenever someone uses the word "entitled", I just hear my mom. People who participate in and contribute to society are entitled to things. They should have a sufficient wage, safe housing, food and clean water. If I as a tax-paying, working member of society am not "entitled" to anything, why would I care about the perpetuation of the society? If I'm not "entitled" to anything, why should I care about anything or anyone at all?
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- solatic 4y ago
  Because in the real world, the only transactional relationships you ought to have are ones that explicitly involve money. It's difficult to learn to start to relate to people in a non-transactional manner, but it's necessary to develop genuine relationships.
  - bill_joy_fanboy 4y ago
    It's difficult to worry about higher-order emotions when your basic material needs aren't met.
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- BeFlatXIII 4y ago
  Likewise, if the market price for housing and healthcare is unreasonably high, why would the populace continue to support capitalism?
- yucky 4y ago
  > People who participate in and contribute to society are entitled to things. They should have a sufficient wage, safe housing, food and clean water. This is the /antiwork crowd we're talking about? The ones too emotionally stunted to even crawl out of bed and do anything productive because they've self-diagnosed as depressed/anxiety ridden/whatever? No they're not entitled to anything. The ones that actually contribute to society are, but a huge chunk of them aren't. Which is fine, but then can't bitch about it and shouldn't expect anything in return. They can go live in the mountains or under a bridge.
  - CodexArcana 4y ago
    Someone has to make you your nuggies at McDonald's homie. It's going to be someone, it might even be you. Half the workers at any McDonald's I've ever been to are elders who should be retired. The level of isolation you are suffering from is profound and I hope you find a way out of it.
    - yucky 4y ago
      By the next time I bother to go to McDonalds, I'm sure the robots will at least not fuck my order up like the stoners always do. Not sure what the Marxist burger flippers will do now, but since they don't care, I guess I won't either.

bill_joy_fanboy 4y ago

Whenever someone uses the word "entitled", I just hear my mom. People who participate in and contribute to society are entitled to things. They should have a sufficient wage, safe housing, food and clean water. If I as a tax-paying, working member of society am not "entitled" to anything, why would I care about the perpetuation of the society? If I'm not "entitled" to anything, why should I care about anything or anyone at all?

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solatic 4y ago
Because in the real world, the only transactional relationships you ought to have are ones that explicitly involve money. It's difficult to learn to start to relate to people in a non-transactional manner, but it's necessary to develop genuine relationships.
- bill_joy_fanboy 4y ago
  It's difficult to worry about higher-order emotions when your basic material needs aren't met.
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BeFlatXIII 4y ago
Likewise, if the market price for housing and healthcare is unreasonably high, why would the populace continue to support capitalism?
yucky 4y ago
> People who participate in and contribute to society are entitled to things. They should have a sufficient wage, safe housing, food and clean water. This is the /antiwork crowd we're talking about? The ones too emotionally stunted to even crawl out of bed and do anything productive because they've self-diagnosed as depressed/anxiety ridden/whatever? No they're not entitled to anything. The ones that actually contribute to society are, but a huge chunk of them aren't. Which is fine, but then can't bitch about it and shouldn't expect anything in return. They can go live in the mountains or under a bridge.
- CodexArcana 4y ago
  Someone has to make you your nuggies at McDonald's homie. It's going to be someone, it might even be you. Half the workers at any McDonald's I've ever been to are elders who should be retired. The level of isolation you are suffering from is profound and I hope you find a way out of it.
  - yucky 4y ago
    By the next time I bother to go to McDonalds, I'm sure the robots will at least not fuck my order up like the stoners always do. Not sure what the Marxist burger flippers will do now, but since they don't care, I guess I won't either.