“The curse of every ancient civilization was that its men in the end became unable to fight. Materialism, luxury, safety, even sometimes an almost modern sentimentality, weakened the fibre of each civilized race in turn; each became in the end a nation of pacifists, and then each was trodden under foot by some ruder people that had kept the virile fighting power the lack of which makes all other virtues useless and sometimes even harmful.”
— President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt
THE GREAT HEARTBEAT
In a fantastic lecture (1 hour, 44 minutes) by Bill Whittle, The Assault On Civilizational Structures, he talks about many things. At about 53:02 he starts to discuss the critical threat facing our civilization; he discusses the heartbeat of civilizations, and how civilizations start, rise slowly, accelerate, and then the collapse happens almost overnight. The pattern is very clear time and again. The question is why.
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How true! America fought and struggled. We grew and became strong. During WWII the greatest generation, defeated evil. Then the curse of all curses. We had peace and prosperity. Times were easy, good jobs, good incomes, good education, and we were living the American Dream. Following generations devolved and grew weak.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to believe our fathers and grandfathers were the greatest generation. Our current generation is scare of words. They see a word written in chalk on a sidewalk and needs weeks of counseling to get over the trauma. The good news is...This weak minded generation is about to learn the hard way, what hard times are. And even better news, most won't survive.
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This weak minded generation is about to learn the hard way, what hard times are. And even better news, most won't survive.
DeleteMaybe after we're gone, but certain to happen.