Quotable

. . . the problem in many instances is not really discrimination at all, but an attitude endemic to the affluent society: that wealth is to be taken for granted rather than produced by toil and thrift; that life is supposed to be easy and uncomplex, and that its inevitable scarcities, setbacks, and frustrations are the fault of malevolent others; that good intentions should be worth their weight in gold and good credentials should convert instantly into power and glory without sordid interludes of productive competition and struggle; that the world is only superficially awry and can be made smooth and straight and rational by rulings from on high, if only the evil overlords can be removed. . . . But for whatever reason, when the government accepts and propagates the fantasy vision of free goods and teaches people to believe that they are not responsible for their lives and choices, the problem inevitably grows. - George Gilder, 1980