Yes there is a sort of belief in a magical right to ever increasing prosperity that we are simply entitled to. Without ever considering how, who and why the huge complex thing we rely on keeps pouring its goodies to our easy lives. I remember "Judgy Bitch" a blogger did a thought experiment on if all men went on strike ag the same time. Her list of things that would soon stop, was a lesson in how quickly "civilisation" would simply cease.