From: johnny@invalid.net   
      
   Published March 3, 2023   
      
   Things used to be hard in America. To be the best, you had to work   
   hard, and only the best achieved greatness. You wanted to be great   
   because greatness won wars. The men who sprinted into gunfire on the   
   beaches of Normandy were great.   
      
   So were the ones who planted our flag on Iwo Jima, choked out communism   
   in Korea, crawled through the jungles in Vietnam and battled in the hot   
   sands of the Middle East. Greatness was everywhere in America because   
   greatness was rewarded. If you wanted to go to Harvard or Yale, you had   
   to be at the top of your class. They demanded greatness from their   
   students.   
      
   If you wanted to walk the runway at fashion shows and have your face   
   plastered on magazines and billboards, you had to be in tip-top shape,   
   stunning enough to make somebody just stop in their tracks. If you   
   wanted to run NASA, IBM or Exxon, you had to be the best in the   
   business. They demanded greatness from their employees and that demand   
   formed generations of excellence.   
      
   The weak were weeded out. The strong were rewarded with money and   
   status and a sense of fulfillment. Our society doesn't have standards   
   anymore. Everybody gets a trophy. You're not allowed to judge anybody.   
   Nothing's taboo. The people we revered yesterday are despised today.   
      
   Weakness is rewarded and strength is punished. We traded excellence and   
   achievement for diversity and inclusion. It's happening all across the   
   country.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/media/jesse-watters-our-society-doesnt-h   
   ve-standards-anymore   
      
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