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Re:The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Ow... by MereInterest on Friday September 04, 2020 @10:38AM (#24375281)
A succinct and pithy saying, but generally incorrect. Historically, good times create a food surplus. A food surplus creates well-nourished armies. Well-nourished armies, for better or for worse, create hard times for everybody else.

As I've posted elsewhere in this thread, I would recommend reading the following series of blog posts.

https://acoup.blog/2020/01/17/collections-the-fremen-mirage-...

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Re:The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Ow... by toomuchtodo on Friday September 04, 2020 @10:40AM (#24375299)
You’re taking it too literally. It’s not about physical strength, it’s about cultural and societal strength and fortitude.
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Re:The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Ow... by bigtechdataeng on Friday September 04, 2020 @10:56AM (#24375479)
Ah, so it’s a vague unsupported aphorism that purports to explain something unmeasurable?

Just because something is pithy, doesn’t mean it’s true.

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Re:The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Ow... by bzb5 on Friday September 04, 2020 @11:46AM (#24375991)
Exactly. It was in response to the “America is too comfortable” part of the comment.
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Re:The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Ow... by toomuchtodo on Friday September 04, 2020 @11:58AM (#24376115)
Great quote, firm believer in it.
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