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What does this have to do with the "good times create weak men" stuff?
by Jerry8538 3y ago
What does this have to do with the "good times create weak men" stuff?
- honkycat 3y agoMaybe you should do some studying to improve your lateral thinking, because it is extremely obvious.
- bardackx 3y agoI didn't get it either, it might not be that obvious, or one might need extra context
- mock-possum 3y agorude.
- eszed 3y agoFitzgerald's thesis in this passage is that the western powers' prosperity in the 1890s and 1910s - and, more broadly, the social capital built by their national identies across the entire 19th century - created a generation "tough" enough to endure their unspeakable mutual slaughter on the western front. If he is correct, then it refutes the proposition that prosperous societies are "soft".