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Old Russian proverb.

Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men.

Ultimately America, particularly once you get to the upper middle class is a straight up lazy country.

You see this often in immigrant families. The first gen comes here, knows struggle. The second gen grows up, fails to appreciate anything, drops out of college and blames mom and dad for their failures.

Then again, I don't buy into this neo coldwar propaganda.The fear mongering is getting out of hand. The Military Industry Complex needs fear though, how else would you justify spending trillions.