Old saying:
Hard times create strong men.
Strong men create good times.
Good times create weak men.
Weak men create hard times.
The problem with this saying is that most folks believe it’s an endless loop.
It’s not. Some complete destruction comes after the hard times.
“Hard times create strong men.
Strong men create good times.
Good times create weak men.
Weak men create hard times.”
weird. I’ve posted that saying several times recently.
It is the cycle of life — guess which cycle we are in right now?
“Some complete destruction comes after the hard times.”
Victor Davis Hanson comments on that a lot. He points to ancient civilizations that were completely wiped out by the victors after a brutal war. The cities were razed, all the people were killed. The libraries were burned. There was literally NOTHING left.
He also points out the danger of our severe “normalcy bias” in the USA that the good times will continue forever.