[Jewelry making - Article 00140] - Re: [Orchid] Why is it so hard?

[James White]

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>         I have real problems with the sense of entitlement I find in
>     the western cultures. 

    My suspicion (based on years of observation) is only that in
    "western" cultures---and particularly the U.S.---it's acceptable
    (sort of) to exhibit "the sense of entitlement." It's a basic human
    want but it obviously cannot work. It's just PC (among many but not
    all groups) in the U.S. to let people show their (infantile) selves
    while other cultures have generally the opposite PC standard. 

    I think we quite agree that individuals need to stand on their own
    and be properly compensated for satisfying the wants of others rather
    than receiving satisfactory-to-themselves (earned or un-earned)
    compensation from others *while* satisfying themselves. The real
    "art" of a (non-accidentally) successful "artist" is achieving both
    of those, the latter obviously in the "earned" group. 

James E. White

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