Y’all are taking it way too literally.

I take it as hard times make it clear what’s important and inspire people to work towards that.

In good times people forget.

Perhaps the language has evolved to the point that the work needs some translation. Because it strikes me as vague enough to be harmful with folks like Putin aspiring to embody "strong men".

> aspiring to embody

Take note of your own phrasing: it automatically excludes him from that group.

The point is I was trying to be neutral. Because depending on who you ask Putin is the definition of true "strong men" or he's a tyrant desecrating the phrase.

It’s a comment about the cyclical nature of prosperity. It’s not an attack on the non masculine.

I'm saying that right-wing authoritarians often use it as an attack on people they deem as not traditionally masculine, despite the original intention. It's used frequently enough that some people might mistake association.

Search for this saying on twitter, for example. It's been co-opted as fascist propaganda.