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Katrina the Hurricane's avatar

I disagree with your premise of young men in this country. While there are definitely some who fit your demographic, their numbers are considerably inflated by a media that would project such a characterization. In my own family and surrounding community, there are plenty of proper men who lead their families well and fly the flag that says “Don’t Tread On Me.” And trust me when I say they have the power to defend that imperative should anyone test it. I know we are not in the minority.

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RU's avatar

I was being somewhat facetious. I have no doubt there are many as you describe. I see them in my own neighborhood. But I also have a career where I've had the "pleasure" to travel a lot and have worked for a good number of large organizations. Based on what I've seen, IMO, the overall point stands. It's not that ALL young men are weak - or even most - but a higher proportion than I've ever seen in my lifetime are. They seem most worried about their social media presence. Frankly, they just don't care about anything we discuss here. They want the government to keep on doing what it's doing.

To clarify, I was responding to the notion that an armed revolution is close. I just don't see it. Generally, revolutions are started by young men with nothing to lose, who want to fight to get a piece of land. Starting a revolution is different from defense of personal property.

(And...just so I'm not misunderstood by anyone as trying to foment violence, I am not advocating for any violence; just explaining why I think an armed revolution is unlikely. The only way I see that happening is if the government tries to confiscate property, take children, and so on, in red areas within red states. I think there would be almost no pushback to those actions in blue areas.)

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FourWinds's avatar

Agreed. Only 2 of the young men working at my retail/pharmacy job over the past several years have acted entitled, weak, useless, and pathetic. The rest of them - all in their young to mid 20s - have had enough of the bull and see right through it. I have no doubt they would stand up. Agree the numbers are totally inflated and we absolutely are in the majority.

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