Attitude Is More Important Than People Think

From The Other McCain we get a life lesson. Sports, Politics and War: Morale Matters

One is reminded of the old adage that England’s wars were won on the playing fields of Eton, by which it was meant that the education system of British leadership caste was such as to instill in young men the attitudes necessary to victory. The old “stiff upper lip” disposition of British officers, the quality of calm amid crisis, the dogged persistence in the face of daunting odds and discouraging setbacks — “the playing fields of Eton” taught those qualities, somehow. If there is any cause to be pessimistic about America’s future, certainly the state of our education system is at the top of the list, because there is no effort to create leadership of that character.

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Gen Z gets bent out of shape if they hear an opinion that they disagree with. They will be in no state to fend off the 21st Century version of the Sack of Rome.