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Why do we as Americans feel entitled to a better quality of life at the expense of others just because we happened to be born here? Each one of us could just as easily have been a citizen of a different state looking to the ‘better life’ that we currently lead. Some people are so scared of making even the smallest of sacrifices. Perhaps they forget that communal living and society are basically one big compromise. The basic premise of a social system is that people give up some of their liberties to benefit the community as a whole. For example, you give up your freedom to kill anyone you want, but in return you don’t (shouldn’t) have to be afraid of someone killing you and taking your property while you sleep.

Sometimes I want to scream my head off.