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Oh damn I'm not one to defend the USA, but in this case I have to say, it's not just you. I feel we absolutely live in the age of entitlement, as in, that is the biggest problem right now, and might even destroy us.
You have these far right movements going on everywhere, and they literally consist of people who, when presented with scientific facts, insist that they are entitled to have their opinion that says otherwise. And politically correct people can feel pushed to agree that, yes, they are entitled to their opinion.
But while that whole group is either that entitlement or selective ignorance, it absolutely exists on the left, too, like you said. I've run into LGBT+? folks that go "it's not your time to talk, it's your time to listen" in a comment thread. I'll gladly talk WITH people in a respectful way, but if you just want to talk AT me... No, you're not entitled to me being an audience for some kinda narcissist savior fantasy.
The red pill bugs, who feel entitled to women's bodies. The female counterparts, who feel entitled to men paying for everything. The parents who feel entitled to everybody accomodating their kids. The customers who feel entitled to mistreat service workers. The people who say "I deserve" where others say "I earned".
Entitlement, man. Work on not being entitled, and you're already a saint among sinners.