The Camels Are Coming

Loaded down with empty sacks ...

This article, found in Investor's Village, was adjusted by me.

The founder of Dubai, Sheik Rashid, was asked about the future of his country and he replied, "My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I ride a Mercedes, my son rides a Land Rover, and my grandson is going to ride a Land Rover, but my great grandson is going to have to ride a camel again."  Why is that, he was asked?  And his reply was, "Hard times create strong men, strong men create easy times.  Easy times create weak men, weak men create difficult times.  Many will not understand it but you have to create warriors not parasites."

The average age of empires may be seen in history where almost all empires ended within an average of 250 years. Most were not conquered by external means, they rotted from within.

We Americans may not think of ourselves as an “empire,” but much of the world does. The average age of empires, according to a specialist on the subject, the late Sir John Bagot Glubb, is 250 years. After that, empires die, often slowly but overwhelmingly from overreaching in the search for power.

The America of 1776 will reach its 250th year in 2026.

The "greatest generation" consisted mostly of 18-19 year old kids storming the beaches of Normandy.  They came home and built the pinnacle of the American empire.  And now, two generations later, many young "men" of that age want to hide in safe rooms when they hear words that hurt their feelings. They  live in their parent's basement and expect someone to supply them with life's necessities.... and luxuries they call ...  "entitlements".  Guess which political party they vote for.  The one with a thousand other misnomers.... lies.

The camels are on the horizon, or ... maybe that is a herd of wild, angry donkeys loaded down with empty sacks.  RB