While you have a creeping feeling, I'm absolutely convinced that increasingly, expediency is taking the place of morality and a sense of entitlement, because I'm worth it, is supplanting any concern for the good of the whole.
Even on Steemit where generosity costs nothing, most are unwilling to give a hand up to those struggling below them. I read rant after rant about the lack of votes and when I have a look at the ranter's voting history he's made 10 votes in the last week, the majority of them for himself. Reciprocity anyone?