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Yavin4

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5. This Mindset Is An Out Growth Of Our Consumer Based Culture

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2012, 09:16 AM

Jul 2012

Every business has to cater, pander, and pamper their customers. This has created a national sense of self-entitlement: "I deserve pampered service".

When we produced things, the opposite was true. We could see, touch, smell what we actually made. We had a better sense of what hard work meant, and we respected each other because of it.

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Anyone who whines about socialism should give up their Medicare. [View all] raccoon Jul 2012 OP

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That's what makes the whole "we didn't have the votes" crap such a huge lie. Edweird Jul 2012 #2

You hit the nail squarely on the head "I deserve a national health plan, but other people don't." SoutherDem Jul 2012 #3

I think my Dad would... GreenMask Jul 2012 #4

This Mindset Is An Out Growth Of Our Consumer Based Culture Yavin4 Jul 2012 #5