[drjesusphd]

Exactly, which is why the Finns are diligent in maintaining a good standard of living for their worst off. They work hard to hold their government accountable to the people.

Or did you have something else in mind? Such as taking credit for the sacrifices of generations past?

[kaid]

my perspective is on the opposite side of modern european social liberal standards.

individuals should only hold themselves accountable. the effort to establishing universal well-being assumes political enforcement and coercion. it's a process of ceding individual sovereignty to a political entity.