that is just sad about the entitelement mentality...
When people receive entitelement i blame those handing it out (especially if they take from others to give it out). But if a person thinks he is owned something, that is just a fault in their own personality. The reason I say I will take entitlement should it be offered, is because choosing not to take it is being an enabler of bad policy that rots down society from within. You must make a clean break to minimize the damage. If enough people sacrifice themselves for the system, then it will "work" for a little bit, resulting in more entitlement being implemented. Eventually things will fail, whether by people changing their minds, or a new generaiton being raised with entitlement.
Basically I liken it to pain. If you touch a flame, it hurts, and you stop touching it. Sacrificing yourself by not taking entitlment is akin to shielding a person from the pain, but not the injury, of touching a flame. You are only causing further injury by preventing the pain.
