Weak men create hard times because we can’t grow as individuals if everything comes easy or naturally to us.

That’s because it prevents us from going through failure and building a necessity to evolve to keep us from being left behind.

If we get everything handed to us on a silver platter, then that will just make us weak. It means that we will not have developed vital skills such as determination, being strong-willed, hardworking, and perseverance.

This is all good and well, and people might argue that easy times are a sign of prosperity and that this might last indefinitely. But that’s not the case. Life is hard, and there will be multiple hurdles on our road. Sooner or later, disaster will strike us. And in that case, it’s better to be prepared and tough rather than unprepared and weak-minded. Better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.

I would argue that our current, modern society is a breeding ground for weak people. Let me explain why.

Soft, undisciplined upbringing

Our education at home and school has become far too soft. There’s generally not enough discipline being taught and applied while growing up. And if a child gets punished at school for being unruly, then the parents regularly come running over knocking at the school gate to berate the teacher for punishing “poor little Timmy.”

Children are children. And children can’t properly decide for themselves, since they aren’t developed, nor disciplined enough. Their brains are still evolving and maturing. That’s why they NEED to be disciplined during childhood or there will be constant problems in adulthood. Children, and even adult people to some degree, need to learn their boundaries. They will push and pull until someone draws a line in the sand.

I would suspect that getting rid of the duty to serve in the army plays a part in this as well. Although I must admit that I haven’t been in the army either, since there was no army duty when I came of age. But the way I see and hear it from my elders, even the most unruly of young adults got taught to listen. Either the easy way or the hard way, due to a variety of punishments to those who wouldn’t fall in line.

Not standing up for themselves, others, and society

Weak men create tough times because weak men are afraid to stand up for themselves and those around them.

This allows society to turn rotten and to change for the worse. Things tend to spiral out of control when people don’t speak up, or not soon enough. That’s because our morals and values keep degrading little by little each time we don’t oppose what’s malicious.

It’s much easier to tackle issues when they’re still small, rather than when they have ample time to develop and grow in power.

Skewed perception of reality

Furthermore, strength, and a healthy body weight used to be promoted and considered a form of beauty and wellbeing, as it should be.

These days, the propaganda has been fed that “all shapes are beautiful and equally healthy.” Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but health is not. It has since long been established that being overweight is unhealthy. To add to this notion, it has been shown that obesity greatly increases the risk of getting chronic diseases and leads to a higher mortality rate.

But the concern isn’t just the skewed beauty and wellness perceptions. The larger issue is the warped perception of reality that our society has increasingly fallen victim to.