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What does it mean?
Citizens often prioritize their entitlements over their obligations to society or the state.
In plain terms
People focus on what they get rather than what they should do.
What can you take from it?
Rights and duties must be balanced in a healthy society.

Where it applies

  • civic education
  • community organizing
  • policy making

Putting it to work

  • teaching civic duties
  • public awareness campaigns

Questions to consider

  • What duties do you neglect?
  • Do you expect more rights than responsibilities?

Another view

Sometimes rights are forgotten because duties are enforced unfairly.

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