[sepositus]

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

[rf15]

Yeah, we've been here before. Empires don't necessarily fall by the hand of their enemies as much as they fall by their own hands and hubris. See: UK, Germany, Russia, historical China and other asian countries, hell even the Romans, and so on and so forth, we've had it all. Trump is nothing new, just another fool in a long line of fools.

[garganzol]

You are getting downvoted because people see their own reflection in that statement. And they don't like what they are seeing.

[bee_rider]

It is getting downvoted because it is a well known silly trope. Generally, success reinforces itself. That’s why there have been a bunch of countries that have had multi-generational streaks of repeated success. Eventually, this feedback look can fail, but it isn’t on some predictable four generation pattern.

[sepositus]

It's most likely because people just assume it's a misogynist quote.

[kubb]

Thinking in memes isn’t going to lead us to a better world.

Least we can do is downvote it.