Absolutely. 100% agreement here. Your earlier post with the 4 points also spot on.

Unfortunately, it will be impossible to get gov't - and people's expectation of its role in their lives and in society in general - back to where it was before. People want things done for them because they are afraid of failing, they're afraid of trying and/or they're just frickin' lazy.

The human will can overcome almost anything: cutting your arm off with a pocket knife in order to survive, lifting a car off of a loved one, carrying on after the worst tragedies, etc...

But nowadays it's like we're all helpless victims. Nobody is responsible for their own behavior. Nobody is left to solve problems on their own. We think we need welfare, 12 step programs, affirmative action, etc..., but what we really need is the desire to improve our own conditions and the will to make it happen as individuals. All this touchy-feely psycho-babble, and the programs that have come with it, is destroying the will of the individual.