One of the eternal gifts of the Baby Boomers is the conviction that civilization is a drag. Combined with the perpetual desire never to grow up, the Rousseauvians have gone old and soft in the belly, still convinced of their eternal role of the Chosen Generation. As they stumble into the history books along with every generation, their epitaph grows longer.
WAR, actually, is a thrilling and primitive way to bang the drum and roll in the mud, release one's Inner Hominid and generally having a good time. Some of the other cultures seem to object to this, because war causes people to get real dead.
John Galt was always a drag; John Bradshaw and Iron John, effete; let's go John Wayne. Embrace illusory masculinity. The macho keyboard commando vows - SURRENDER IS NOT AN OPTION! But in fact, during wartime, surrender is everywhere. The only ones who will not run are those who have not gone to fight in the first place.
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