[quote=walterwhite]i think there’s some sense in which we identify with the scale of the welfare fraud, feel like we could have dne that where the larger fraud is out of our reach. it seems worse because it is closer to home.[/quote]
No, it comes from protestantism or calvinism. I suspect it could come from the divine right of kings originally, but that is just a guess. It’s the belief that the more money you have the more godly or pure you are or success is a sign of God’s favor. Poor people should have no dignity because they are in the position for a reason. It’s very much an american cultural value.
