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> Good times create weak men They give you strong science, economy and as a byproduct strong military. > You often see a growing discontent among wealthy soc
by linspace 4y ago
> Good times create weak men
They give you strong science, economy and as a byproduct strong military.
> You often see a growing discontent among wealthy societies where everything is taken care of.
Like in Sri-Lanka, what a decadent society.
- refurb 4y agoWhen the wheels fall off (Sri Lanka does have a history of stability long ago) it’s hard to get them back on. Sri Lanka’s problems go back decades.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoThe fallen off wheels create bad times, which create all these stong men, ready to slap the wheels right back on, right?
- refurb 4y agoExactly. It’s not always the right strong men, but strong men certainly come out of adversity.
- kergonath 4y agoSo, the problems in Sri Lanka now are due to its former prosperity? And at the same time the problems have been there for decades? This sounds like trying too hard to see a pattern. In reality, the situation in Sri Lanka has been awful for quite a while, as you note, and the current discontent has nothing to do with life there being too cushy. Bad times necessarily follow good times at some point, if only because of regression to the mean. No need to read too much into this.