We saw “The Iron Lady” today. Interesting, surprising, entertaining little film. Shot more like a play than a movie. I enjoyed it. Meryl Streep is a stunning treat as usual. Parallels from the Thatcher political era in the 70’s and our own time today are obvious.
This quote from Thatcher is one of many that for me, strikes a cord with present times:
“I think we have gone through a period when too many children and people have been given to understand “I have a problem, it is the Government’s job to cope with it!” or “I have a problem, I will go and get a grant to cope with it!” “I am homeless, the Government must house me!” and so they are casting their problems on society and who is society? There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families and no government can do anything except through people who look after themselves first. It is our duty to look after ourselves and then also to help look after our neighbour. Life is a reciprocal business and people have got the entitlements too much in mind without the obligations.”
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It would be interesting to know if there is an “entitlement” generation and, if so, what brought it up! Maybe it is the view of the baby boomers and older generations who don’t realize that they lived during a time of unprecedented growth which gave them huge opportunities and job growth. They might look at the next generation that cannot get jobs as losers, as a result. On the other hand, IF and WHEN the baby boomers retire, there should be more opportunities for the next generation. Right?
Although, as this article (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/encore-careers–service-in-the-second-half-of-life.html) describes, some of the BB and older generation are not ready to call it quits yet, which could be a problem. Is it out of necessity, out of aimlessness, or out of boredom that they are working?