The problem is that we've become an entitlement society -- to some people, all of society's ills can be blamed on others who are wealthier or "won life's lottery", as some wealth-envy pimps have put it.
Have any of you ever been called for jury duty in Dallas county? If so, you know what I mean. All you have to do is take a look around at all the other prospective jurors and you'll realize why anyone in the "Tuxedo" category would be one of almost any ambulance chaser's first peremtory strikes.
The existence of so many dysfunctional, entitlement-minded people makes the defense attorney's task almost impossible in many tort lawsuits. Appeals to reason fall on deaf ears, instead succumbing to heart-rending yarns spun by glib plaintiffs' lawyers.
And that's the rest of the story!
(I have nothing against lawyers. My Dad is a lawyer, although he's in his mid-80s and long retired. It's just that I have a problem with certain types of lawyers -- namely, those who conduct unscrupulous shakedowns of successful individuals and businesses.)
Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight
that explains why so many people have pretentious behaviour when it comes to their income and work experience - i`d stop short of saying education , since that is judgemental. It can be largely explained by envy of not belonging to a class where you want to belong, but don`t have the actual "facts" to support that belonging. or it can be seen as a goal in the long run. There are a lot of "snobs" out there who are not really rich, but rather pretend to be rich just for show ;.) lol.
It is a valid point to argue with you about the "kids" of the rich people. I think someone like Paris Hilton did not really do something other than being a spoiled brat to deserve all her money. It can be discussed wheather it is a privilege of calvinism and Paris had just better Karma than all of us or if it is socially unfair and living in an egalitarian society makes social systems necessary for the ones that don`t get born with "the golden spoon". I`d stop short of blaming all of societies ill on someone who is richer than me, but i have made the very subjective and personal experience that people who are born rich or into good families sometimes lack the empathy to understand for example where i come from.
On the other hand i experienced many - especially female - people who only date rich people and whatnot, i think that explains a lot of the envy too, because a woman who is not really successful by herself eventually needs a caretaker if she wants to be long to the wealthy and spoiled.
That said the social inequality enables rich people to only date amongst rich people and not ever outside their own social class, which counts for the fact of the lacking of empathy as well. I know such things from personal experience, i have dated two wealthy guys (one paid for my expenses the other one didn`t) and of course i can`t generalize that on the whole population, but sometimes i was wondering what these people think actual problems are?
so all of that caters to the "envy" about lacking social justice.
I had the unique opportunity to be born as a woman and be able to have sugardaddies. But i do not want to know how my life would have turned out if i did not have the abilitiy to work as an escort. I think all this escorting is also a way of wanting to belong to the "chosen" few :-). I simply don`t want to live poor and not be able to do some things. I am in no way envious of richer people though, but i care about social unjustice and lack of empathy. Just my opinion.
. I heard that the system in the USA works with all these lawsuits because you don`t have norms like ISO like we do in europe. so its easier to sue someone about something because they can. Talking about Mc Donalds COffee law suit bcause the water was so hot (hotter than boiling temperature that is allowed in europe). so that entitles people to make such lawsuits. Other than tha i am noit really capable of talking about US laws ;-( I don`t know so many things about it. Its interesting system though. Much different than european system. SO from the norm stuff i could see that the entitlement is at least to some parts justified. But maybe i got it all wrong, as i said i am not very veratile at these parts, but eager to learn.
