Welfare has taken away all accountability. While I see it and hear it, I still have a problem wrapping my brain around the that we have a large segment of society that has evolved without any conscience. It is really very scary.
I'm not sure it's just a lack of conscience. Blacks have been told that they're entitled to special consideration from they day they're born. Not all of them fall for this, but the inner city welfare culture embraces this viewpoint. When your minister (for those who actually go to church), your government, your community "leaders," yo homies, and your momma all constantly tell you that the reason you have nothing is because the whites have it all and that you're entitled to an equal scoreboard (not an equal playing field), then you get the idea that it's OK to just take it.
Criminals have the attitude (just like the government) that what's yours is theirs. So if I have your stuff and your money, then it isn't a crime for you to take it back from me. This is one one of the many reason I despise the phrase "giving back"
There fixed it.
You don't think free people are converted to slaves and serfs directly, overnight, in one generation? It takes time and application( welfare state, destruction of private property and earned rewards/income. )
You know who has an even worse/better welfare system than us?
Africa. Welfare has ruined Africa. Africans were once very prosperous, each citizen free and dignified. Then well meaning people decided to go help the African, even though he obviously didn’t need help because he was so prosperous, free, and dignified. And well fed. And then the African became corrupt, due to freebies, and their once admirable African family unit disintegrated. But man...before welfare...before...they were the envy of the World.
So there you have it. The true story of the nation of Africa and their mighty welfare system, that ruined them. Just like here.