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I've always appreciated Dan Carlin's line "climbing the ladder in wooden shoes and descending in silk slippers". Post WW2 was the pinnacle of our achievements a
by xeromal 5y ago
I've always appreciated Dan Carlin's line "climbing the ladder in wooden shoes and descending in silk slippers". Post WW2 was the pinnacle of our achievements and we've been coasting since. It's going to take something traumatic to make us hard and capable again or we're going to dry up what we have left and descend into disorder.
It takes hard people to build a functioning society.
I always hoped 9/11 would rejigger us, but I guess it's too late for that.
- hobs 5y agoIs that why pax romana lasted for 800 years or what? Imo the "hard people" meme needs to die.
- xeromal 5y agoI agree with you but Rome went through wax and wane phases for 800 years. Just because you were born in those 800 years doesn't mean life was good. Hell, 60-80% of those emperors were absolute shit or murdered before they could do anything.
- iab 5y agoIt’s the old hard-men/easy times trope again
- tmn 5y agoEven if the meme dies, nature will reenforce it eventually. If you extend into the future past your expected life time this is inevitable.