“He who does not learn from history, is doomed to repeat it.” George Santayana
The founder of Dubai, Sheik Rashid, was asked about the future of his country.
The Sheik replied, “My grandfather rode a camel. My father rode a camel. I ride a Mercedes and my my son rides a Landrover, and grandson is going to ride a Land Rover. But my great-grandson is going to have to ride a camel again.”
“Why is that?” he was asked.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create easy times. Easy times create weak and weak men create difficult times. Many will not understand it, but you have to raise warriors, not parasites.
“And add to that the historical reality that all great empires
– the Persians, the Trojans, the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, and later the British – all rose and perished within 240 years. They were not conquered by external enemies; they rotted from within.”
Where are we at in America? It has passed that 240-year mark and the rot is starting to become visible and is accelerating. We have moved past the Mercedes and Land Rover years and the camels are on the horizon.
The greatest generation consisted of 18-year-old kids storming the beaches at Normandy. And now two generations later, some 18-year-old-kids want to hide in safe rooms when they hear words that hurt their feelings. They also want free stuff be cause they feel entitled to it. It doesn’t matter who has to pay for it.
“Man has the power to act as his own destroyer–and that is the way he has acted through most of history.” Ayn Rand
History does have a way of repeating itself.
The camels are on the horizon.