11-15-2016, 03:28 PM
There's little guarantee that the people who brought about failure on themselves, will see the error of their ways. It will be tragic. The Germans and the Japanese experienced utter destruction and defeat, and they did change their ways. But the South in 1864 experienced it, and they did NOT change their ways. And these were the same Americans that are now refusing to change, despite their decline and anger over it. It could be that the principle Butler is describing will not apply to Middle Americans. They can't get it, apparently.