05-13-2010, 12:05 PM
(05-12-2010, 05:25 PM)Shannon Wrote: I would be surprised if you were not, given that you were raised with this sort of thinking all around you. Unfortunately, as we transition from democratic republic to fascist in our government, advertising has become the means through which the masses are controlled without resistance, and that control has been in convincing them that everything must be effortless and instant. When all you hear as you grow up is "You should have whatever you want, and it should be easy to get and you should be able to get it instantly when you decide you want it", that's what happens.
My upbringing was more: "you can't have everything you want, at least not without backstabbing or doing so much work it makes what you want not worth it (and most of the people in my life did everything they could to make sure that "fact" was hammered home, because they believed this) so you should get all you can now." Suffice to say, this led to some very bizarre and unsavory behavior amongst a lot of people around me.
Either way, patience is a virtue, something that I'm learning.
