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Entitlement
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James Comey
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Entitlement
Entitlement is an interesting (and often thought-provoking and even angering) concept. Some people might have some kind of justification to entitlement, others don't.
The most basic and perhaps most stereotypical kind of entitlement is feeling entitled because you've received too much. You always get what you want. You always get the newest console on release day. You always get the biggest toys that are authentic. You always get a nice room, all these luxuries. And then, when you don't get them, you start feeling angry. You start feeling as if the world has turned against you. We often say when someone has been treated like this for so long, we'll call them spoiled, pampered, etc. However, one cannot necessarily blame that person. Receiving everything has become a habit for them. They're not used to not receiving everything. The act of breaking a habit, whether we do it ourselves or not, can be quite a bit for the brain to process and accept and adjust to.
Then there's the other kind of entitlement that's not so spoken of. The entitlement you get when you've suffered a lot. The kind of entitlement you get when your childhood was shit, the kind of entitlement you get when you never receive anything good, you never have any decent friends, you never get to participate in these great events. Eventually, you get so frustrated, angry, and perhaps depressed by this that you just say, "I've suffered enough! I deserve to have good things happen to me!". Again, one cannot blame the person for this kind of attitude. The habit of receiving far more negative than positive has gotten into that person's mind so much that that person just breaks down and starts raging uncontrollably. Sometimes, however, that person might just accept what happens with them, accept their fate.
Thoughts?
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