In the case of expectations, it’s clear that they’ve evolved over time. The things people just expect today aren’t anywhere near the same as what they used to be. I’m sure that’s the case with each new generation—the previous generation thinks the entire world is going to implode upon itself because, from what they’ve seen in the next generation…well, it doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence. The things our grandparents used to be grateful for are now things we just take for granted. That seems to always be the case.
Of course, along with the scolding from our elders always comes the, “When I was your age…..” line. No succeeding generation really ever wants to hear those. It’s usually followed by an eye-roll on the part of the younger generation. Oh, here comes the, “I walked uphill both ways on the way to school in hip-deep snow” speech. Those we learned to take with a grain of salt just due to the fact that the physics of that scenario aren’t really possible. However, that doesn’t completely invalidate the claims of the previous generations. In fact, I think they bring up an interesting point. It’s not always readily apparent the things we do take for granted if we’ve always had them. We just kind of sit here and think, “You mean, you didn’t have 5 TV’s, a personal cell phone in each hand and…..wait, you didn’t even have the internet? Then images of pre-historic times fill our minds like there were dinosaurs still roaming the earth in their day.
Perspective is always good. That’s why we can be thankful when we relate our situation of plenty to those who weren’t quite as plentiful. And that’s not just the case with relating to others in our present day. We can go back a little ways in time, not to just a different socio-economic group, but just within our own ancestry. Those expectations they had were more modest than ours are for sure. But then the expectations our parents had were higher than their parents.
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That’s why this sense of entitlement isn’t necessarily unique to any generation. But like anything else, there always comes a tipping point. There comes a point when people just come to expect too much. I sometimes wonder if that’s where we are today. People don’t just expect a lot in general, but they expect a lot from society. And sometimes reward is expected with little to no effort. There isn’t just a sense of entitlement, but that’s what a lot of government programs are actually called: ‘entitlements’. Those government programs are often there to help the disadvantaged. There’s certainly a case to be made for those things. We can decide as a society about which things we want to provide for the less fortunate. But it’s always important to ask if we’re giving a hand-up or a handout. And we need to ask how it’s going to help them in the long run and in the big picture. There’s a balance to be had. And hopefully we can figure out what that balance is. Sometimes, maybe it’s just about changing people’s expectations.