It saddens me to see a whole generation grow up losing the DIY ethos that let Americans develop into the strongest, wealthiest middle class of any country in history. It's one thing to demand a better social safety net; it's another entirely to abandon the freedom-to-DIY engine that is the reason immigrants like my family still line up for years to come to America. Those who move to Norway get the benefits but those who come to America have the opportunity for greater rewards. Along with much greater risks. It's frankly insulting to assume they don't know what they're getting into.

And if/when a family like mine puts themselves through law school - this generation wants to slag it as if that represents privilege or assimilation?

My father was responsible for having hundreds of criminal convictions overturned in one single civil rights case before the supreme court of California. His parents didn't even speak English. I guess he shouldn't have put himself through law school taking on debt and selling shoes?