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RE: Thievery! Sometimes... I Wonder About the State of the World, and PEOPLE in it
Give people free stuff and they feel entitled to anything they want. If you understand the work that went into the ability to purchase or make something, you are more apt to respect other people's property.
As a child, I had parents that belived in cause and affect. This meant that if I disrespected other people's property, that was my ass that got affected. Mom didn't play. Period.
In an entitlement society, personal responsibility goes out the window. Just one man's opinion.
I pretty much agree with you @bigskykilroy.
The mantra I grew up with was "Choices have consequences." And there was no "farming out" those consequences by trying to blame someone else, or the weather, or the dog ate my homework. I "made my bed" and was expected to sleep in it... at the same time, there was also a lot of freedom there, in that I was invited to experience different results, not constantly micromanaged in my activities.
Amazing effort.
Oh, we definitely had options but our parents always reinforced that poor choices had consequences and good ones had rewards. Steem On brother!