Some would rather 'ride the wagon' while someone else pulls it ....
FANNED!!!!
...because trying to do things for yourself takes hard work and introspection.
Its always easier to complain and leech. Many personal issues are entirely self created...but no one wants to talk about that. You've got a single mother who blames her childs father for the hellhole that is her life...a single father to a hoarde of different babies from different mothers who blames the women for decreasing his living standards...someone in jail or in prison blaming others bc theyre in jail..a fastfood worker of 5 years who agreed to b an unskilled 'wage slave' but pickets for more money as if someone owes them a living...ppl who've squeezed themselves out of the job market (no skill or education), who now blame others bc they can't get jobs....
Every personal hardship can't b blamed on systemic inequalities. all things being equal, we'd still have idiots and underachievers.
K-12 is free for the kiddies ... and America still has high school dropouts. Like ... 7-15%? There are exceptions but, honestly, the greatest diff between the haves and have nots are those who do and do...not. Just can't tell the truth without being called an elitist. I mean - I do... but, sometimes, id rather be liked than 'right'...LOL Does that make sense? Even if ppl are forced to agree (in real life), they'll still feel all put off by what you've said. *shrug* I have one acquaintance -- I really have to watch my words around them. She takes offense to everything...but then, its her fault for bringing it up. I'm so tired of hearing about her 'ain't s--t' deadbeat ex husband - I don't know what to do.
Everyone slips up but i surely dont rush to blame 'everyone else' when i make poor life choices, self sabotage or fail to meet my own potential. Some ppl may get down but they never stay down. Its temporary, not a longterm situation. No matter what life throws out -- the 'cream' will always rise to the top.
Its generational, i think. Ppl are way whinier - lazier - than they used to b. Even my uncles tells me that. My family's headed up by members of the WW2 generation...and thank God for that.
Some ppl prefer to live in a world where every situation in their life just...'happens'. Some ppl dont want to exert control over anything. Some ppl derive power in being victims.
All their lives.