25-11-2025, 08:11 AM
it seems very ill-defined
what is fair to expect out of life, out of others, out of the society you are living in
by definition, it should be some outcome "proportional to your effort", but this doesn't really mean anything without a defined baseline
there was some reddit thread where people were discussing financial struggles
one user says something like "the US has gone to shit, both me and my wife have college degrees and work full time and we can't afford a modest life (a home, food on the table) for ourselves and our children" to which another user replied something like "wow, what an entitled post, most people in human history never owned a home and had to struggle for food, welcome to reality"
this seemed pretty retarded to me. i don't think it's entitled to expect a livable wage (yes, this includes ownership of property) from a productive job in a wealthy/prosperous country. i don't think it's entitled to expect basic kindness and respect from others either. i don't even think it's entitled to expect to have some average amount of "luck" in life in general.
yes, life is unfair, you don't always get out what you put in, and accepting this is reasonable... but expecting less? why should you? this isn't entitlement. expecting some degree of reciprocity or fairness from life isn't entitlement by definition.
i don't think this is just reddit autism either, this is a sentiment i hear echoed irl, usually from the older population
what is fair to expect out of life, out of others, out of the society you are living in
by definition, it should be some outcome "proportional to your effort", but this doesn't really mean anything without a defined baseline
there was some reddit thread where people were discussing financial struggles
one user says something like "the US has gone to shit, both me and my wife have college degrees and work full time and we can't afford a modest life (a home, food on the table) for ourselves and our children" to which another user replied something like "wow, what an entitled post, most people in human history never owned a home and had to struggle for food, welcome to reality"
this seemed pretty retarded to me. i don't think it's entitled to expect a livable wage (yes, this includes ownership of property) from a productive job in a wealthy/prosperous country. i don't think it's entitled to expect basic kindness and respect from others either. i don't even think it's entitled to expect to have some average amount of "luck" in life in general.
yes, life is unfair, you don't always get out what you put in, and accepting this is reasonable... but expecting less? why should you? this isn't entitlement. expecting some degree of reciprocity or fairness from life isn't entitlement by definition.
i don't think this is just reddit autism either, this is a sentiment i hear echoed irl, usually from the older population
