Quote Originally Posted by rb336 View Post
The welfare state? wait, Japan has more of that than we do, so does Denmark, another place where you can leave your bike unlocked, leave an infant unwatched in its pram while you have a coffee, etc., without worrying

it is not so much a sense of entitlement as a to hell with everyone else, i want mine attitude
You are right. It has more to do with the fact that people here are simply inconsiderate of other people. It is a fundamental cultural difference within our society. In other countries, they are more concerned with the country as a whole and not just the well-being of themselves as individuals. They consider themselves to be more of a collective group.