The short answer is yes.
The long answer is: If the government deliberately cultivates a nation of spineless, sniveling and spoiled wastrels, then the government must also take responsibility and ‘credit’ for the wholly undifferentiated mass of losers who populate America.
That is NOT the road to security, stability, excellence, abundance or national integrity!
But what you’re advocating is personal responsibility — something that most people are not intent on taking on for themselves.