Thinking there is somehow going to be a sort of awakening that suddenly sweeps across the United States whereby everyone puts down their selfish desires to live at others' expense and picks up a shovel to get to work is silly.
Those types are going to be out in the streets burning the place down and demanding their freebies that they have gotten used to.
Dependence does not create independence. Some of them may get it and change their ways. The vast majority will not.
Greece is rioting and on fire. If we go bust and the freebies get turned off, we will be on fire too.
Those types are going to be out in the streets burning the place down and demanding their freebies that they have gotten used to.
I don't totally disagree with you (except for the 'silly' part).
It's true that there's a certain contingent in this country that no amount of reality will get through to. They'll riot, loot, and burn, but in short order they're going to find out that the food bowl really is empty, and that there are no more confiscated stores with which to replenish it.
It's at that point, the light bulb comes on for those types. They're going to have some hard choices to make, and damn quick. They're going to suddenly find that without the large hand of government force to command it, their neighbors aren't so willing to allow them to steal and plunder their hard won resources.
Those who resort to violence and anarchy to feed off others anyway, will quickly meet a tragic end. The law of the jungle will prevail, and marauding parasites will be shot without prejudice. That will send a message to the less violent parasites that they'd better figure out how to earn a living, or starve.
Ping reality bites