Why I’m Against “Everyone Else Should Pay” Mentality

I want to be clear from the start: I am against socialism and communism. I believe people should, as a general rule, bear their own costs — with a few reasonable exceptions.

In recent years I’ve noticed a new and rather ugly phenomenon.

Normal-weight passengers posting videos where they openly express frustration about having to pay for excess baggage, while filming overweight passengers who fly with carry-on luggage that is within the weight limit. Their argument is that their own body weight plus carry-on combined is still less than the overweight passenger’s total — yet only they have to pay extra.

This kind of thinking would have been unthinkable twenty years ago.

But since Millennials and Gen Z entered adulthood, the rules of the game seem to have changed. A generation that grew up illegally downloading music, movies and TV series appears to have developed a very different view of what “paying your own way” means. They are simply not used to paying for products or services — they have mostly just taken what they wanted for free.

I’m not defending the airline policy. I’m simply pointing out the entitlement behind the outrage: the idea that someone else should subsidise your choices.

And that exact mindset — “Why should I have to pay when someone else gets away with more?” — is precisely why collectivism will always fail. When you grow up believing the world owes you something for free, you naturally expect others to foot the bill for your lifestyle. That is not fairness. That is socialism in practice.