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Actually slow stress is how you build muscle. Europe is a case of being crippled by assistance, like a man who uses an electric wheelchair until his leg muscle

Actually slow stress is how you build muscle. Europe is a case of being crippled by assistance, like a man who uses an electric wheelchair until his leg muscles atrophy. They've leaned on US security guarantees so long that most countries have no functioning deterrent (look up the German air force sometime if you want to be sad).

FirmwareBurner 2y ago
>Europe is a case of being crippled by assistance Good times create weak people. Weak people create hard times. Europe has past its good times phase and is hitting the reality of the hard times. The question is if it can overcome the next phase without another Adolf or war. Hard times create strong people.
- card_zero 2y ago
  Usually, good times create agricultural surplus, transport infrastructure, better organization and larger, healthier armies. But in the specific case of being dependant on a larger, benevolent state for protection, that gets undermined. Anyway, hard times create desperate people, not exactly strong ones. And then something about interesting times, but that's a different saying.
  - simion314 2y ago
    >being dependant on a larger, benevolent state for protection, <benevolent> not really. we bougth a ton of USA weapons and also our soldiers died in USA started wars, it was an alliance and now USA just betrayed us , the blood and money we sacrificed was for nothing, I hope the cheap eggs from Trump satisfies MAGA idiots for this international betrayal .
- mvc 2y ago
  > Europe has past its good times phase and is hitting the reality of the hard times. > The question is if it can overcome the next phase without another Adolf or war. This whole thread is a joke right? The US is the one who just elevated the modern day Hitler to world leader and is now cheering him on as he collaborates with the Russia to commit genocide in Ukraine, and the Israelis to commit genocide in Gaza.
- bluGill 2y ago
  That trope has been well debunked. It makes a nice saying, but it isn't true. There are plenty of examples of good times creating strong people; and others of hard times creating weak people.
  - FirmwareBurner 2y ago
    > There are plenty of examples of good times creating strong people Like which? Most of the rich European countries are bunch of limp dick pussies with no backbone to defend themselves or to stand up for their values.
- twhgra 2y ago
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- ashoeafoot 2y ago
  Behold the north koreans hardest and smallest of all warriors
  - FirmwareBurner 2y ago
    Then why is the south so scared of the north is the northerners are so small?
- OKRainbowKid 2y ago
  I'm pretty sure the next Adolf won't be from/in Europe
- watwut 2y ago
  Hard times create broken people. Good times create good strong people. In general, historically it was so. Christ can people stop with this stupid quote? And could we stop using fiction as argument about real world too?
  - FirmwareBurner 2y ago
    > Good times create good strong people. In general, historically it was so. Then why is Europe such a weak limp-dick pussy? >Christ can people stop with this stupid quote? And could we stop using fiction as argument about real world too? It's not a stupid quote when it's history. While history doesn't repeat itself, it does rhyme.
- fennecbutt 2y ago
  Hurr durr we was stronger back in da good old days when we beat our wives and killed the gays! Why do so many people resort to that argument, as if they can predict what would happen if Europe went to war.
  - FirmwareBurner 2y ago
    Because history doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
- rixed 2y ago
  I can't believe this message is flagged: > I have several issues with this quote from the manosphere. The manosphere was infested with both Russians and Ukrainians who were busy "preparing for the big war" with lifting etc. since at least 2014. Now they are in a trench warfare and barely make any progress in either direction. Could it be that talking up war for so many years leads to a self-fulfilling prophesy? The people doing most of the talking of course are "public intellectuals" who tell others to go lift and prepare for war. TV commentators on the Russian side, Lindsey Graham and a couple of RedPill folks on the Ukrainian side. Now the weak EU leaders who barely have 20-30% public support have a big mouth and tell others to go to the gym (metaphorically). In a thread full of hatred and calls for more senseless violence and calls to sink all ships etc. I don't know if wealth makes us weaker, but it apparently don't make us less prone to be manipulated by emotions.
  - FirmwareBurner 2y ago
    >In a thread full of hatred and calls for more senseless violence and calls to sink all ships etc. You're mentally ill and making stuff up. Seek help please.
    - rixed 2y ago
      > Sink any russian ship making a move. > russia has been invading and committing genocide since day 1 of its existence, starting with Genghis Khan (as a side note, here's a good rule: don't say to someone over the internet something you wouldn't dare say in person)
  - watwut 2y ago
    Well, implied bothsidism where Ukrainiens are somehow equally to blame for Russian invasion and attempt at genocide would be a good reason to downvote that. It was an unprovoked aggression from the Russia, made because Russia wants to annex territories. Full stop. That current American or whatever leadership sees annexation and expansive wars as a cool thing is unrelated to that. And for that matter, Canada did not started issues between US and Canada either. It is purely American made aggression.
watwut 2y ago
Europe now knows US is supporting Russia and not a reliable ally.
- beretguy 2y ago
  It's not an ally, it's an enemy now.

FirmwareBurner 2y ago

>Europe is a case of being crippled by assistance Good times create weak people. Weak people create hard times. Europe has past its good times phase and is hitting the reality of the hard times. The question is if it can overcome the next phase without another Adolf or war. Hard times create strong people.

card_zero 2y ago
Usually, good times create agricultural surplus, transport infrastructure, better organization and larger, healthier armies. But in the specific case of being dependant on a larger, benevolent state for protection, that gets undermined. Anyway, hard times create desperate people, not exactly strong ones. And then something about interesting times, but that's a different saying.
- simion314 2y ago
  >being dependant on a larger, benevolent state for protection, <benevolent> not really. we bougth a ton of USA weapons and also our soldiers died in USA started wars, it was an alliance and now USA just betrayed us , the blood and money we sacrificed was for nothing, I hope the cheap eggs from Trump satisfies MAGA idiots for this international betrayal .
mvc 2y ago
> Europe has past its good times phase and is hitting the reality of the hard times. > The question is if it can overcome the next phase without another Adolf or war. This whole thread is a joke right? The US is the one who just elevated the modern day Hitler to world leader and is now cheering him on as he collaborates with the Russia to commit genocide in Ukraine, and the Israelis to commit genocide in Gaza.
bluGill 2y ago
That trope has been well debunked. It makes a nice saying, but it isn't true. There are plenty of examples of good times creating strong people; and others of hard times creating weak people.
- FirmwareBurner 2y ago
  > There are plenty of examples of good times creating strong people Like which? Most of the rich European countries are bunch of limp dick pussies with no backbone to defend themselves or to stand up for their values.
twhgra 2y ago
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ashoeafoot 2y ago
Behold the north koreans hardest and smallest of all warriors
- FirmwareBurner 2y ago
  Then why is the south so scared of the north is the northerners are so small?
OKRainbowKid 2y ago
I'm pretty sure the next Adolf won't be from/in Europe
watwut 2y ago
Hard times create broken people. Good times create good strong people. In general, historically it was so. Christ can people stop with this stupid quote? And could we stop using fiction as argument about real world too?
- FirmwareBurner 2y ago
  > Good times create good strong people. In general, historically it was so. Then why is Europe such a weak limp-dick pussy? >Christ can people stop with this stupid quote? And could we stop using fiction as argument about real world too? It's not a stupid quote when it's history. While history doesn't repeat itself, it does rhyme.
fennecbutt 2y ago
Hurr durr we was stronger back in da good old days when we beat our wives and killed the gays! Why do so many people resort to that argument, as if they can predict what would happen if Europe went to war.
- FirmwareBurner 2y ago
  Because history doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
rixed 2y ago
I can't believe this message is flagged: > I have several issues with this quote from the manosphere. The manosphere was infested with both Russians and Ukrainians who were busy "preparing for the big war" with lifting etc. since at least 2014. Now they are in a trench warfare and barely make any progress in either direction. Could it be that talking up war for so many years leads to a self-fulfilling prophesy? The people doing most of the talking of course are "public intellectuals" who tell others to go lift and prepare for war. TV commentators on the Russian side, Lindsey Graham and a couple of RedPill folks on the Ukrainian side. Now the weak EU leaders who barely have 20-30% public support have a big mouth and tell others to go to the gym (metaphorically). In a thread full of hatred and calls for more senseless violence and calls to sink all ships etc. I don't know if wealth makes us weaker, but it apparently don't make us less prone to be manipulated by emotions.
- FirmwareBurner 2y ago
  >In a thread full of hatred and calls for more senseless violence and calls to sink all ships etc. You're mentally ill and making stuff up. Seek help please.
  - rixed 2y ago
    > Sink any russian ship making a move. > russia has been invading and committing genocide since day 1 of its existence, starting with Genghis Khan (as a side note, here's a good rule: don't say to someone over the internet something you wouldn't dare say in person)
- watwut 2y ago
  Well, implied bothsidism where Ukrainiens are somehow equally to blame for Russian invasion and attempt at genocide would be a good reason to downvote that. It was an unprovoked aggression from the Russia, made because Russia wants to annex territories. Full stop. That current American or whatever leadership sees annexation and expansive wars as a cool thing is unrelated to that. And for that matter, Canada did not started issues between US and Canada either. It is purely American made aggression.

watwut 2y ago

Europe now knows US is supporting Russia and not a reliable ally.

beretguy 2y ago
It's not an ally, it's an enemy now.