Reblogged from Wintery Knight:

This article by Nicholas Eberstadt is the most popular article on the Wall Street Journal right now. I found it through Doug Ross' links.

First, a quick review of the entitlement situation:

What is monumentally new about the American state today is the vast empire of entitlement payments that it protects, manages and finances. Within living memory, the federal government has become an entitlements machine.

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Where is the "entitlement society," also known as the Dependency Plantation, taking us – not just some, but all of us? This article addresses where we are heading and the destination is not a good one for those who enjoy and wish to retain freedoms. Some are temporary beneficiaries and probably enjoy that. However, I wonder how many desire the ultimate destruction of our society – and hence of the sources of their benefits -- that can result should their goals be achieved.