New study/experiment. Uber conservatives now get a diagnosis?

[DanaC]

Actually, I'm probably using the wrong word when I say 'right', the word that's more appropriate is 'entitlement'.

If you are accessing something to which you are entitled as a citizen, that is less humiliating and damaging than if you are asking for help/charity which is not an entitlement.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Actually, I'm probably using the wrong word when I say 'right', the word that's more appropriate is 'entitlement'.

If you are accessing something to which you are entitled as a citizen, that is less humiliating and damaging than if you are asking for help/charity which is not an entitlement.

Entitlements are earned. You don't get them for breathing. You get them because they are earned based on your previous contributions to a system.

You are not entitled to happiness in our system, you are entitled to the pursuit of it, not the end result.