Posted on 09/23/2011 9:43:29 AM PDT by Kaslin
pinging self for later. I have often wondered about this issue.
I agree about environment being the normative factor. An adverse, even hostile, environment winnows out the self-servers and slackers. An environment marked by abundance encourages the lazy, the corrupt, and the mediocre.
Our (post-WWII) generation is a bunch of spoiled, self-indulgent whiners who consistently exaggerate our challenges and manufacture “crises” to enhance our tawdry legacy.
I doubt that many of this generation could rise to the challenge our fathers did. We might miss “American Idol.”
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