“I will do.” 0 ▲ Brilliantcrank 4 hours ago · Life · hide · 0 comments Entitlement sure has come a long way, or so it seems. I remember my father telling me several times how spoiled my generation is—coming at me with sound bites he gleaned from work as if to start and win a debate competition that I never signed up for. At a time when I worked primarily with millennials who were entering the workplace straight from college, I kept hearing the same side conversations about how entitled they all were. Most recently a young relative confided in me that she was tired of being told how she doesn't appreciate the good life she has. Hearing her say this made me think that accusations of entitlement are a tradition handed down from one generation to the next. A comparative rant from an older generation convinced the young never struggled like they did.As it turns out, this shit is old. Ancient. Before pants were invented, Aristotle wrote of the young "they think they know everything, and confidently affirm it, and this is the cause of their excess in… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.