[visualops]

When did that change happen? When did politicians start thinking it was their job to improve our lives? FDR? Unions?
And it’s not just government. Watch/listen to commercials and you’ll see it’s always promised whatever it is will be that final piece of the puzzle of happiness and fulfillment.
I think you have 2 problems-
1. People somehow got the idea that the ideal life is one of laziness and leisure
2. People think they are entitled to that life of leisure

[csvset]

The Democratic Party is my guess is how it was started. Now it seems as though most politicians have glommed on to that idea.

Our nation is infested with parasites. The politicians are happy to gorge while answering their constituents call for more.

[dakine]

“...the ideal life is one of laziness and leisure”

It isn’t? You mean I’ve been going at this all wrong?