We Cannot “Solve” Entitlement, But Can We Reduce It A Bit?

Probably not, but we can try.

I went and saw this play yesterday called Poor Clare, which is essentially about Clare of Assissi and the idea of going from a life of plenty into a life of service. This is not the play, but it has similar ideas:

The idea of shifting from “life of plenty” to “life of service” is the essential opposite of “entitlement.” Just to level-set on the idea of “entitlement,” it’s basically people thinking they are better or more deserving of good, or fast service, or whatever than someone else is.

Here’s one notable example:

“Why Would I Help Out Those Less Fortunate Than Me?”

The biggest reason “entitlement” is hard to fight is that most of the time (in America, at least), we deify the rich simply for “achieving” so much, often ignoring how many of them…