Is this one of the actual somewhat correct examples of the “strong times make weak men” meme?
i.e. - the “strong times” being the obliteration of preventable diseases like the measles, polio, etc. and the “weak men” being anti-science / anti-vaxxer types?
Yes. Sadly there is a lot of great truth to the idea behind that phrase, which instead usually just is treated as some cringe bullshit about being muscular and killing people
Is this one of the actual somewhat correct examples of the “strong times make weak men” meme?
i.e. - the “strong times” being the obliteration of preventable diseases like the measles, polio, etc. and the “weak men” being anti-science / anti-vaxxer types?
I don’t think the existence of vaccines makes people anti-science, though. There’s a lot more going on there.
Yes. Sadly there is a lot of great truth to the idea behind that phrase, which instead usually just is treated as some cringe bullshit about being muscular and killing people
There’s more. Lack of war desensitizes to it, lack of starvation makes it seem abstract etc.
Good times create weak men, weak men create bad times.
Alas it’s terrifying how it works irl. Doubly so because people who love that saying would call Trump a strong man xD