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Mobog / jasund: Generations who have known nothing other than the welfare state. That's the truth.
Generations who have known nothing other than the welfare state. That's the truth.
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  By jasund 5 months ago  
The welfare state has a long history in the United States (see Murray N. Rothbard's Origins of the Welfare State). One can trace it back to the early 19th century, and those well acquainted with the topic could probably trace it back even further. The Progressive movement, or the socially "left-of-center" movement, began to push for the expansion of the welfare state in the early 20th century. The modern welfare state in the United States was born out of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. Many of our current social-insurance programs, such as social security, were founded during that era.

Since then, there have been a number of generations who have known nothing but the welfare state. The era of instilling the virtues of responsibility seems to be slipping away, and new generations are becoming fixated on "government support." The new culture has become more about the "right" to have opportunities made available for you, rather than the right to make opportunities for yourself.



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