Category: entitlement generation

Hashtag of the Entitlement Generation

At first I thought that this was a joke. It’s not. Here’s the opening post:

Hi guys, I am a disillusioned traveller and even more disillusioned couchsurfer who is returning to Vancouver because of a complete lack of enthusiasm and lack of desire to be anywhere else, and have decided that after decades of paying taxes it is time for me to start collecting welfare. Anyone been on the dole? Know how to make a successful application?

It’s now crystal clear why my hometown has become Loserville. šŸ™
Update: A female Chinese-Canadian friend of mine moved to Vancouver from Singapore about 4 years ago. Publicly, she had something very interesting to say about the Occupy crowd:

Instead of camping out and protesting about the inequality and differences between the upper/middle/lower class income, protesters could spend those times looking for jobs. One job is not enough, do two jobs, three jobs, etc.. Do one full-time, and freelance at home, or do two part-times, and some freelance.. That’s what I did during the one year I was looking for a full-time position. Economy’s bad, is just an excuse. If one is willing to, there’s all sorts of jobs around. When I first arrived in Vancouver, I would go to people’s houses by myself and cleaned their houses for them as maids, and they would pay me in cash (while I was studying full-time). You would gradually work yourself up.. even if it means swallowing your pride or dignity, dirtying your hands, etc… Gradually, if you did a good job, people would recognise your efforts and help you out. It’s all about the attitude.

Take a moment to envision the entitlement junkies in the Occupy tent cities and ask yourself what percentage of them would likely be willing to clean houses?

Hashtag Of The Entitlement Generation

This is what happens when you have a generation that got trophies for losing.”
6:05 Saturday Update: As conservative bloggers fly home, Denver police are currently evicting the Occupy Denver camp. Update 2: The anti-capitalist revolution meets the Man right now via livestream (More on Twitter). Prepare to sit through some commercials. The irony, it burns.
Occupy Fail: From the live chat feed at Global Revolution:

vicky9: FLASH MOB DENVER MAYOR’S FB PAGE! https://www.facebook.com/5280mayor?sk=wall

“You’re Preventing Us From Fixing The World”

The quote in the title was uttered by an Entitlement Occupod in Vancouver. The fact that one of the smelly, vacuous, work ethic deprived nitwits at the “protest” would utter such absolute nonsense speaks volumes about his delusions of self importance. Charles Adler and Lorne Gunter discuss this and the forthcoming end of the ‘Occupy’ protests. Gunter has an alternative suggestion for such folks: Pack your tent and go home

Too Many Sociologists, Too Few Mechanical Engineers

The Left’s long held pipe dream is over. Most of them don’t know it yet, but it is.
In a spectacular new column, Margaret Wente accurately paints a picture of the modern world and illustrates how far out of step assorted liberal sycophants clearly are. It starts thusly:

Laurel Oā€™Gorman is one of the faces of Occupy Toronto. She believes the capitalist system has robbed her of her future. At 28, sheā€™s studying for a masterā€™s degree in sociology at Laurentian University in Sudbury. Sheā€™s also the single mother of two children. ā€œIā€™m here because I donā€™t know what kind of job I could possibly find that would allow me to pay rent, take care of these two children and pay back $600 each month in loans,ā€ she said.

Charles Adler provides excellent coverage on this entire issue.

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