Decline in personal responsibiliy and civility

**vinnie** · 06-16-2012, 09:21 PM

Working with the general public for 25 years,I will admit to dreaming of Elysian fields planted by Vlad. That being said, I am finding that people are becoming more unwilling to take responsibility for their own mistakes. They also don't seem to understand prices go up. They don't understand the economy has bent many of us over. Doing side jobs in my 50's wasn't part of my plan. Survivors adapt to succeed, losers whine as they fail. This society is filling with technologically savy ,non self sustaining dead weight.
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**lewisbowstringer** · 06-16-2012, 09:59 PM

I work for a electric utility coop, and listen to complain all the time about energy cost, and blame the power company for there high cost, we only provided power, but it's our fault because they us our product, and become very upset. Not their problems our's.

**mountain1** · 06-17-2012, 01:47 AM

thats what the 'nanny' state wants... they do not want people to be personally responsible...
when the masses are helpless fools and drones, they are much easier controlled! an informed, strong, self relient puplic is the enemy of the goverment...
this is no accident, it is by design. this mentality is provided thru 'goverment education' to all children on a daily basis throughout this country... the 'nanny state' wants to control all aspects of your lives.

**Skyowl's Wife** · 06-17-2012, 02:19 AM

Agree with all of you.

When I was raised, you were an adult when you knew what the possible repercussions of your actions were and you took responsibility for those actions.

Until being able to take responsibility for your actions, you are/were an adolescent.

Modern day public schools give trophies for showing up. You may fail at math but get a passing grade because, "You tried REAL hard!" You may suck, but you get a trophy - no consequences for not trying or not succeeding. Creates perpetual adolescents.

Our White House resident is a good example of this. Who's to blame for our current issues? Bush, Europe, a tsunami, an earthquake, Republicans in Congress, anyone BUT him. He is unable to take responsibility because he is a perpetual adolescent.

**mountain1** · 06-17-2012, 02:50 AM

Originally Posted by Skyowl's Wife

Agree with all of you.

When I was raised, you were an adult when you knew what the possible repercussions of your actions were and you took responsibility for those actions.

Until being able to take responsibility for your actions, you are/were an adolescent.

Modern day public schools give trophies for showing up. You may fail at math but get a passing grade because, "You tried REAL hard!" You may suck, but you get a trophy - no consequences for not trying or not succeeding. Creates perpetual adolescents.

Our White House resident is a good example of this. Who's to blame for our current issues? Bush, Europe, a tsunami, an earthquake, Republicans in Congress, anyone BUT him. He is unable to take responsibility because he is a perpetual adolescent.

all excellent points!
hell, its my understanding that in some places they dont even keep score at ballgames anymore, some little snot nosed kid might get his precious little feelings hurt... you cant play dodge ball because you might hurt the fat kids feelings, etc., etc... hell, they cant even play on the monkey bars anymore because they may hurt themselves... the nanny state is raising millions of little sissys and those sissys grow up to be manchilds, metrosexuals... theres one in the white house right now!

and you are so dead on about thing in the white house... NOTHING is his fault, NOTHING... remember the winter before last; the reason that there were no jobs was because of to much snow... next week it will be greeces fault and soon there will be another hurricane.

**Scouter** · 06-17-2012, 07:42 AM

Well said Mountain1.

**Nikefan** · 06-17-2012, 11:18 AM

Benjamin Franklin said something like " to make the poor uncomfortable will make them want to achieve more". I remember when they would give people real welfare stamps, now they give them a EBT card because they don't want to embarrass them. I read where they were paying kids to show up for school up north. This President has done his best to make the sheeple look to the government and not them self when needing pretty much anything. Don't have a cell phone? Why the government will give you one, and pay the bill. I guess before long to make it fair they'll get to have big screen TV's, DVD players, and gas in the car, after all we can't have them feeling like their not entitled to the same thing as someone who works or can pay their own bills.

**bushwhacker208** · 06-17-2012, 11:55 AM

This is a good thread! Everyone made some good points.
People are getting more lame by the minute. It seems like nobody even wants to do anything for themselves anymore. It makes me sick!