[missdpuck]

I would say that the "older" end of the Baby Boomer generation has a sense of entitlement--at least the ones I meet around here. They compare their wages to mine--like, hey, I only made 200 bucks a week delivering mail or whatever. But then a good new car cost a small fraction of a yearly working class salary, not half or more.
I admire the sacrifices of the Greatest Generation and for the most part the ones left seem really cool. Or maybe they're just on more meds. Some of their stories are so fascinating.

The impression I get from a lot of people in their late teens/early 20s is that the world owes them something, or that they have been cheated, and would rather not work than take a job that is not their "dream job".
I've been a vegetarian for a long time but I just calmly refuse to eat certain things rather than get up on a soapbox. It's really annoying at cookouts etc, because the smell of BBQ realy makes me ill. Eventually people ask why, and then I get the "we're on top of the food chain" lecture. And the point is?
I am a big fan of some-not all-forms of falconry. Most vegetarians/vegans consider that a blood sport for some reason, so I don't fit in on either side.

I can see why younger people would think life is more expensive for them. It's become moreso for everybody. At one time you had to buy books, now it's thousands of dollars worth of gadgets just to keep up.
So maybe it's not so much "entitlement" as the awful realization that things aren't what they used to be.