05-24-2016, 04:48 AM
(05-24-2016, 04:09 AM)taramarie Wrote: I have been thinking about it and thinking how silly it is that they call us the civics (heroes.) That title is more deserving to the nomads. They are not only the ones who sacrifice everything in a potential war, but they do it without expectation of reward AND they solve the crisis on top of it. Us millies are no heroes. What a silly title given to us.
The GIs were competent in their own right and who know the Millies may yet surprise me. It like getting any award, your in the right place at the right time.
Nomads are damage control and that usually involves many small but important tasks that no one ever talks about. None of them are pretty but they have to be done. Prophets are all about big showy projects they can brag about and inflate their egos all the more.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises