Weak Men Create Hard Times, by Jerome German

By Jerome German, Crisis Magazine, May 19, 2022

Jerome German is a retired manufacturing engineer, father of eleven, and grandfather of a multitude. …

A quote from G. Michael Hopf’s novel Those Who Remain is making the social media rounds for the simple reason that it is obviously true: “Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

So, what is to be done about this obvious truth? The Jekyll and Hyde nature of culture has been referred to as the swing of the pendulum. Given the four self-evident cultural phases, as outlined by Hopf, that cultural stir seems to be much more of a vicious circle than a pendulum. …

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