Far too many
people
have become spoiled, ungrateful, whiny wretches.
That’s the proper conclusion from a Wall Street Journal poll showing that
barely more than a third of people
believe “the American dream — that if you
work
hard, you’ll get ahead — still holds true.” Compared to the 36% who say it still holds true, 45% said it once was true but not anymore, and 18% said it never held true.
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Only the 36% have it right. The rest are, to put it bluntly, pathetic defeatists. Likewise for the 50% who say life for ordinary Americans is worse than it was 50 years ago, against only 30% who say it is better.
The 50% in that latter question are woefully but not innocently ignorant. There is no good excuse in a free society for an utter lack of historical perspective and no excuse in…