Reply #4: I think it can go either way; Kennedys are one example of a family that [View All]

[grannylib]

at least started out with that tradition and notion of obligation and service; I agree that it does not seem to be as strong in some of the current generation in particular.
I think people born to privelige can very easily become inane and useless without some pretty stringent efforts on the part of parents and others to not only try to instill, but MODEL the kind of life one hopes one's children would live. And if the parents are inane and useless themselves, so much the more difficult for the child to think they need do otherwise.
Kerry was born to wealth too, but has not been the useless waste of space and oxygen that Chimpy has, that's for sure.