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The Era of Entitlement: What Alabama Judge Roy Moore, File "Sharers," and the Catholic Church Have in Common

"This is the Age of Entitlement. I do not mean entitlement only in the sense of the belief that one is entitled to a government handout. I also mean entitlement in the simpler sense of the belief that one deserves to get exactly what one wants - regardless of the law and despite the public good.

Four examples drawn from recent legal controversies illustrate this point. In each, the law made clear what the right thing to do was. But in each, the culprit insisted on doing something else - something they insisted that, illegal or not, they were entitled to do..."

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"Fortunately, the Entitlement Era may be coming to a close. With more and more institutions inclined to call lawbreaking just what it is - from the RIAA's willingness to call stealing stealing, to the Boston Globe's willingness to call abuse abuse - entitlement is under siege. Lawbreaking is lawbreaking no matter who the perpetrator is - whether a church, or a state Supreme Court justice, or a college student - and increasingly, some have come to insist on that very truth.

If we are lucky, in our lifetimes, we will see the end of entitlement, and the beginning of responsibility and accountability. For too long, we have lulled ourselves into believing it is possible to have whatever we want, legal or not, with no consequences. This generation needs to reverse this stance - or there will be more lawbreaking, more senseless defiance, and more victims."

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I think it really harms society for extremely rich people to be beyond responsibility and accountability. Enron and all that.

CEO pay increases as thousands of people are laid off. CEOs who feel entitled to 1000 times what other workers get.

I would think it would make people feel like "more lawbreaking, more ... defiance"

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Not that I personally feel entitled to break the law.... I don't.

would be all those people who criticize the Dems for not being "leaders", as if they were entitled to be led, instead of doing the hard work of becoming a leader themselves.

"as if they were entitled to be led, instead of doing the hard work of becoming a leader themselves." I will have to think about this some more. I like the idea.

Another example is how people complain when their elected officials don't "represent" them. "They're supposed to represent us!" they say. They should be doing the hard work of making sure that their elected officials KNOW that they BETTER represent them, but that would require them to keep on top of the issues, write letters, etc.

who complain when they get stopped speeding. "Jeeze, officer. Everyone else was speeding. Why'd you stop me?" Or those entitled to radar detectors. Nice lesson to teach your children.