“Let us leave locker room slogans to the young men. We on this forum have been around for over half a century on average, we know what the trends have always been. Strategy is in the hands of old men for very good reasons.”
The Baby Boomers are a major reason we’ve seen such a slide into dependency. I’m one of those young men. I’m about tired of listening to the “old men” who delivered us into bondage through pragmatism and WEAKNESS.
“Strategy is in the hands of old men for very good reasons.”
Left to the “old men”, the American Revolution would never have happened. The pragmatic approach would’ve been limited to appeals to HM and Parliament again... and again... and again.... Pragmatists avoid risk.
“In this case we have the problem of preserving a high point of civilization from collapse. By its nature that is a losing battle; the prize is not some higher state but time.”
You assume we’ll lose and there is no higher point. Reagan disagreed.
You make assumptions about Reagan that aren’t quite correct. He was a canny old guy; he knew the difference between strategy and tactics. And he knew all about limits.
As for pragmatism and weakness, get some years under your belt and then repeat that line to yourself again.