Agree, coming from a 3rd country to US what I have personally perceived a lot is the generational loop at the later stage..."Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times." — G. Michael Hopf

All these people working in NASA must have had terrible childhood.

We can selectively breed astronauts by beating them from early childhood.

People don’t realize how stupid this quote is.

The Russians must be having a grand old time according to this theory.

yeah all those Good Times created by Hard Men like Mussolini and Stalin

or does this quote refer to Hard Men as in the men who rioted and fought and died for 8 hour work days and basic social services?

The latter