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Is it too simplistic to ask if the difference in cooperation is the inevitable result of the Greatests being raised in squalor, contrasted against Boomers who w

Is it too simplistic to ask if the difference in cooperation is the inevitable result of the Greatests being raised in squalor, contrasted against Boomers who were raised in the midst of plenty? Serious question, wondering if that sort of extreme poverty in formative years followed by cannon fodder type war leads to the kind of people who are better able to team up?

sokoloff 6y ago
Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times. —G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain I can say for sure that growing up in the Depression really shaped my grandparents’ viewpoints, tendency to use it up/wear it out/make it do/do without, and save their pennies to ensure their kids wouldn’t experience what they did.
- watwut 6y ago
  That phrase is however not true looking at history. Hard times creat hard men, but those very often proceed to inflict hard times on other people - creating hard times for themselves too. The historical atrocities and many cruel laws were acts of men who fancied themselves strong. And they were strong and able to acquire power. And they themselves were result of hard times.