alt Hacker NewsIt reminds me of the quote from G. Michael Hopf:
> Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.
Good times have made weak men. People unwilling to stand up for our values. Afraid to even declare what we stand for. Afraid to be proud of our traditions and what makes our way of life superior and worth defending and fighting for. These weak people will vote for candidates who demoralise us and weaken us and ensure our demise.
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It feels like we're seeing a bit of a turn in things... we'll see.
I was struck yesterday by reading Huey Long's "Share Our Wealth" proposals from the 1930s in the midst of the Great Depression.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_Our_Wealth#Proposed_legi...
One characteristic of democracy is that it is ever-rewritten by those who strive to change it and vote. (Also, occasionally assassination, in Long's case)
Today we are dominated by weak men afraid of what a greater mass of weak men might say about them or accuse them of.
The lion doesn't concern itself with the opinion of sheep.
Historians fairly uniformly think that this adage is trash.
The quote is bullshit. It is not consistent with observable reality where population under pressure breaks up.
Here's a blog post by Bret Devereaux with an examination of why that theory is specious:
https://acoup.blog/2020/01/17/collections-the-fremen-mirage-...