[The Sapient]

The first post was silly in that it presents a plan that is highly unlikely to have any impact. But to suggest that a willingness to play hardball to negotiate for lower prices shows a sense of entitlement, to suggest that people who are willing to propose such negotiations must be financially irresponsible, is far more absurd than anything from the OP. The leap from what the OP said to what that poster was accused of is bizarre, to say the least.

A willingness to negotiate is hardly "exactly what is wrong with the world today." Allow me to offer that the world suffers far more from ignorance and a lack of critical thinking than haggling.