“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.” – Mahatma Gandhi
The concepts of being “owed” something and “those people” is foreign to the beliefs of every respected figure of human worth and equality — so when they all point to the same path; why are you walking in the opposite direction?
Without “anybody”: there can be no “everyone.”
Our government; like all confidence tricksters; plays on fear and greed to convince you that by giving up some; you will receive more.
But when you’re doing something that you’ve been told is “good”; and everybody we consider good denounces it: what are the odds?