Didn’t Thomas Jefferson say something like, “My great grandfather was a warrior, so that my grandfather could be a farmer, so that my father could be a merchant, so that I could be a scholar”?
Camels on the Horizon:
The founder of Dubai , Sheik Rashid, was once asked about the future of his country, and he replied, "My grandfather rode a camel. My father rode a camel. I ride a Mercedes. My son rides a Land Rover, and my grandson is going to ride a Land Rover…but my great-grandson is going to ride a camel again.”
“Why is that," he was asked. And his reply was, “Difficult times create strong men. Strong men create easy times. Easy times create weak men. Weak men create difficult times. Many will not understand it, but you have to raise warriors, not parasites.”
Add to that narrative the historical reality that all great empires, the Persians, Trojans, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and in later years, the British...all rose and perished within 240 years. They were not conquered by external enemies; they rotted from within.
America has now passed that 240-year mark, and the rot is starting to be visible and is accelerating. You need not look far or hard to see it. We are past the Mercedes and Land Rover Years….the camels are on the horizon.
The greatest generation consisted of 18 year old kids storming the beaches at Normandy . And now, a little more than 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 from the government because they think they are entitled to it.
Now we have several million Americans that have decided they no longer want to work and are happy with whatever they can get from the government. The list goes on, and on, and on.
The "camels are on the horizon" for sure…
Camels on the Horizon:
The founder of Dubai , Sheik Rashid, was once asked about the future of his country, and he replied, "My grandfather rode a camel. My father rode a camel. I ride a Mercedes. My son rides a Land Rover, and my grandson is going to ride a Land Rover…but my great-grandson is going to ride a camel again.”
“Why is that," he was asked. And his reply was, “Difficult times create strong men. Strong men create easy times. Easy times create weak men. Weak men create difficult times. Many will not understand it, but you have to raise warriors, not parasites.”
Add to that narrative the historical reality that all great empires, the Persians, Trojans, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and in later years, the British...all rose and perished within 240 years. They were not conquered by external enemies; they rotted from within.
America has now passed that 240-year mark, and the rot is starting to be visible and is accelerating. You need not look far or hard to see it. We are past the Mercedes and Land Rover Years….the camels are on the horizon.
The greatest generation consisted of 18 year old kids storming the beaches at Normandy . And now, a little more than 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 from the government because they think they are entitled to it.
Now we have several million Americans that have decided they no longer want to work and are happy with whatever they can get from the government. The list goes on, and on, and on.
The "camels are on the horizon" for sure…
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