Quote:
Originally Posted by Byte1
Hard times create hard men
Hard men create good times
Good times create soft men
Soft men create hard times.
author: G. Michael Hopf ?
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I like what your quote says. You paraphrased.
If I may — here it is:
Hard times create strong men,
Strong men create good times,
Good times create weak men,
And weak men create hard times.
It is in a post-apocalyptic novel by G. Michael Hopf, but it might have been around for a lot longer.
Sure seems obvious to me. It’s happening right now, right under our noses.
I think a lot of our 30-50ish year-old men are undirected/misdirected. Weak. Spoiled. Maybe bored. Looking for something to make them feel “manly” — like maybe not getting the vaccine. Wanting to be a part of something bigger.
Undirected, or misdirected, testosterone is taking our country down.
Bring back the draft? If their daddies did not get the job done, then maybe their Uncle Sam can?
But that does not have to mean waging constant war. It could mean teaching things like high steel construction, how to use big equipment (other than tanks) — and a lot of other practical uses of all that testosterone running amok. Let’s build some bridges — literally and figuratively.
Vaccine refusal is on a spectrum. But 30-50 year olds are a big percentage. There are a lot of men in that age group who are refusing the vaccine for no good reason. They encourage each other, running their mouths — in pseudo-manliness. Gotta be one-a the boys, ya know.
(This is a bit of a segue, and yes, a rant, because I know a “healthy” young man (42) with a family. Now, in the hospital with brutal Covid. Family has been told if he makes it, he might never be the same. His mother begged him to get the vaccine. Her heart is breaking. His has stopped once.)
Enough from me this morning. I must go fix pork and sauerkraut with prayers for a turned-around 2022.
Boomer