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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It doesn't read as entitlement to me, exactly. That's there. But to me the prevailing feeling is angry. Everyone seems angry, and this makes them not care about others and to behave in more selfish ways, because it doesn't matter to them how their behavior impacts others.

But it just reads as less "I deserve this more than you" and more "I deserve this and I'm afraid you'll take it away from me if I don't aggressively snatch it out from under you."

I find myself spending less and less time in public spaces these days. It is too stressful. Especially because I'm a recovering people pleaser and nothing brings out my people pleasing instincts more than people acting angry or aggressive (I learned at a very young age to appease angry people in order to avoid becoming a target).[/quote]
I agree with this. I see lots of anger and frustration. Maybe it comes from entitlement in that people feel like life should be frictionless. I've seen people throw fits in a store over the stupidest things. Not caring how this looks to others is very different than how people used to act.

Or maybe people feel like they are invisible and not valued and want attention they never got. They don't care about being polite anymore. Some of these are like the guy in that movie Falling Down.

There is also a feeling of just being threatening to others (angry, aggressive) as a default stance. I think this comes from insecurity and defeat rather than entitlement. [/quote]

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