So, I still have CT leanings but am no where near the level I was a few years ago. But in any case, when I was knee deep in the CT mindset and culture, a common theme running around was survivalist, prepper, and "SHTF" (**** hit the fan) rhetoric. Talk like, "we are so spoiled and a nation of self entitled pussies that if a disaster hit, we would surrender the will to live and lie down and die." (By "we" meaning the majority of the population who can't hunt, fish, or does not fit the survivalist personae).
People who talk like these say that masculinity is dead, we've beaten it out of our kids and ideas of competition and mental toughness are dwindling in favor of convenience and living in luxury. We prefer to spend time indoors watching TV and playing video games vs. enjoying the outdoors. We live in an entitlement culture, with everyone expecting the perfect job without putting in the effort. We don't work to improve ourselves but expect everything to come easy.
"Back in the day" is a very popular term to use, when people knew their neighbors and were more self-reliant, not waiting on public services to save them. What happened? Well, some say it came with the greatest generation pampering the baby boomers, who in turn, pampered generation X, and so on.
So how can the situation be remedied? They say to go hunting, camping, any activities to forge self reliance and independence.
There seems to be a paradox to all this: If you begin your life in poverty your desire is to have wealth and luxury. But you can't pamper your kids in luxury because then the entitlement mindset will grow and then they will squander the luxury they grew up in. What's the solution then, to have your kids simulate what its like to be poor?
Is this an accurate assessment of the situation today among our youth? And if so, what can be done to remedy it? If it's not an accurate representation, why not?
People who talk like these say that masculinity is dead, we've beaten it out of our kids and ideas of competition and mental toughness are dwindling in favor of convenience and living in luxury. We prefer to spend time indoors watching TV and playing video games vs. enjoying the outdoors. We live in an entitlement culture, with everyone expecting the perfect job without putting in the effort. We don't work to improve ourselves but expect everything to come easy.
"Back in the day" is a very popular term to use, when people knew their neighbors and were more self-reliant, not waiting on public services to save them. What happened? Well, some say it came with the greatest generation pampering the baby boomers, who in turn, pampered generation X, and so on.
So how can the situation be remedied? They say to go hunting, camping, any activities to forge self reliance and independence.
There seems to be a paradox to all this: If you begin your life in poverty your desire is to have wealth and luxury. But you can't pamper your kids in luxury because then the entitlement mindset will grow and then they will squander the luxury they grew up in. What's the solution then, to have your kids simulate what its like to be poor?
Is this an accurate assessment of the situation today among our youth? And if so, what can be done to remedy it? If it's not an accurate representation, why not?
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