18 yo in 1922 went through first world war during their adolescence, there was almost no electricity, no car in small isolated village, with second world war rising slowly it was really like a crazy imperator was planning to envade it's neighboor country, generating more and more racism. You can considere gypsy hated as much as elves in the witcher universe, so basically yes, shit was like witcher 3 without the monster.
The only reason to interpret what he said in that manner is the term "village" which is not typically used in an official capacity in the USA. It is still not THAT uncommon to use it to refer to a small rural town, and the capabilities at that age would have amounted to pretty much what the first person described.
She has a vague point though: men in the West have become too soft but not due to "Modernity" alone. There's a huge push by women & society to make men softer. 20 years ago they used the term "metro men" or "metrosexuals" which was basically women pushing for men to take as much care of their appearance as women do.
These days the vilification of anything masculine (the word "toxic" often used) and the promotion of effeminate behaviour through various sub-cultures erodes the image of a strong, dependent male who is the rock foundation of a family. And so yes, more and more men stay "man children" = enjoying things they did as teenagers, taking life less seriously and doing their own thing. It can lead to happier men but it also makes us shit soldiers if it ever came down to it.
Heck, the result is also a lot more singles who no longer want to put up with the crap of women. I'm not surprised women are starting to complain now but it's them that caused this change in the first place!
and 30000 years ago 18yr olds were living in cave and hunting mammoths with pointy sticks unlike those pussies from 1923 who lived in houses and ate pre-killed meat ...
100+ years ago significant number of men were already dead before even being able to make children. Many were crippled for life for having been working in mines or manufacturers or smth
Dumb ignorants fairytailing history
If you want to destroy a society, always start with its men. Once they’re destroyed they’ll take care of the rest.
Why is Africa such a shithole today?
In some regions the slavery took away all the young men for centuries. I think Harari explained it quite well what the deficit of young men with dreams and hopes means to a society and how they are the axis everything else revolves around.
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