October 14, 2017

Then and now

In the 1940's tens of thousands of starveling, impoverished young American men who reached their 20's during the Great Depression somehow found it in themselves to cross beaches swept by enemy machine-gun and artillery fire.

In stark, devastating contrast, today--an era in which ordinary Americans have apps to order pizza, a date on Tinder or a cab within minutes--very few of the the so-called "men" can find a good reason to live.

Some still have a reason, of course.  Hard to tell if their numbers are rising or falling.  Those who join the armed forces seem to love this country and have shown their willingness to sacrifice to defend it.  Surely others do too.  Until the crunch comes, it's hard to tell.

And that "crunch"?  It's coming, sure as the sunrise tomorrow.

H/T Wretchard at Belmont

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