Hustle and vitality borne out of generally horrible conditions. I'll take what the "first world" has any day.

Hard times make for strong men (and women)...

This might be cliche, but it has truth to it. Nothing drives production and innovation quite like scarcity and financial adversity.

Yep. And then it reverses, and then again, and again...

Well, that is what's in the ellipsis in the parent's quote:

"Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times" G. Michael Hopf

I know thanks. i was mostly just replying to the last sentence of their comment like in a conversation

Nonsense. Most third world countries have downright "lazy" cultures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta (note that this is common basically all through the equator even with different names, and being close to the equator is a great way to be a third world country).

Just for context on "laziness", do you work at a desk all day? Second question, how many animals have you personally killed prior to cleaning and cooking?

Is this supposed to be sarcasm?