[antisthenes]

> and to what degree it is a generational shift where more people (though there's always been a subset) will just take advantage of any system they can.

When you're being squeezed by every system, and housing/life goals become increasingly unattainable and wages stagnate - you better be sure that people will try to exploit every system they can.

Can't really even blame them for it, except for some egregious circumstances.

[muro]

Life being difficult doesn't give one the right to cheat their way to make it easier.

[ghaff]

That sounds like rationalizing crappy behavior.