I’m a bit older, and if there is one thing I have learned over the years it is that no one is entitled to anything. Work in the system or work to change the system, but don’t sit and do nothing while bitching about it.
My favorite example is how Napoleon could march his army around Italy at 3x the speed of Prussia, because his army was willing and motivated, whereas the Prussians were somewhere between prisoners and slaves looking to run away at any chance - there was nothing in it for them, why would they try? 'Honor', etc? lol.
There isn't some great unconquered west that we can strike out into, there is a highly structured society where systems have been deliberately set up to capture value from workers, while giving them as little as possible.
Doing nothing and refusing to fund your own oppression are different things, and I will ignore the ad hominem.
It seems that the last time when the system wasn't set up to extract from peasants had been maybe before agricultural revolution?
I feel entitled to enfranchisement, where the successes of the country are also my success, because I worked hard and paid my taxes.
I'll fight for my entitlement, and I'll fight for yours too.
But on a less philosophical level, motivated workers are productive workers. Enfranchised workers are motivated workers. Crushing workers' living standards isn't about productivity, it's about greed.