Who Do We Think We Are? Entitlement!

Just so you know, this one is going to be short. There just isn't a whole lot to say but I still have things to complain about. You're right, this whole series is just about me complaining. If you looked at the title of the post you'll know this rant is about entitlement. I don't like it. Stop. Alright, see you all next week.

More? Probably more. You will want to keep reading. It's very likely that you do one of the few things I'm going to list.

At some point there will be some kind of video or netcast of this, so I don't see much point in talking about it too much here. You're a bad driver. It's true, statistically speaking, that if you're reading this, you are a bad driver. That doesn't stop you from feeling like you're entitled to drive however you want whenever you want. The speed limit means nothing to people that feel entitled to get to where they're going. I see people on the road all the time that I really want to see go back to traffic school. It's just- they're just- look here! You're a bad driver but you're also not the only person on the road. Moving on!

The price of money is inflation. You want more? Then you're going to have less. The more you want the more other's have to have in order to give you more. That makes everything cost more and the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. All because you felt entitled to more money. There are people that worked very hard to have more than others and some of them actually got what they wanted. Not every gets that lucky but on the other end there are people that worked enough to get somewhere and then demand more for what they're doing. They may have something I'll call "lower education" jobs. Jobs that are there to pay a certain amount of money to a type of person that should be okay with having less. In the meantime the people that decided that less wasn't enough they took a position that demands more so they can get more. Stop demanding more. Demand less and get more. Lower the price- I'm going too far into this. That's for another time. You get that the entitlement is hurting people, right?

The major issue here isn't about drivers or money. It's about the psychological entitlement. The feeling of owning the right to say you know better. You may be forcing your beliefs on someone or even projecting your ambitions. Either way you look at it, you'll find someone that thinks you don't get to choose when you've learned enough, seen enough, felt enough, loved enough, eaten enough, done enough, Lived Enough of/in life until you've done what they've done or want you to do. That's why the world discriminates against people for age, gender, and ethnic background. When it comes down to it, entitlement hurts everyone and destroys relationships. Don't wait until you've caused a car accident, made ramen noodles unaffordable to college kids, or lost out on a life with others because of your undeserved sense of entitlement.

I guess this wasn't as short as I wanted it to be. Thank you for your time.
James D. Gray

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