Originally Posted by
gimmethesimplelife
Here you have in one sentence neatly summed up why this country is such a bad fit for me.....and it's the kind of thing that I believe that though we have never met, so I don't know you, that you will not understand. Here goes an effort at explaining that which is blatantly obvious to me, anyway.
In a better country with extensive social welfare, it's not seen as "demanding benefits from others" - it's seen as reaping that which you have been into the pot for and that all are eligible for. Very different thinking - radically different thinking from how America would prefer you think - and to me common sense which I have understood well before the age of 14......it's just basic common sense to me. So no, I will never get it or understand Kennedy's quote in your context. To do so would be disrespectful to the collective and I don't want to be like that or think like that. To do so is to be complicit with the insane degree of inequality in this country and I won't be guilty of being complicit with such. Rob