I read a interesting piece in the NY Times.
A piece of it:
So the original example for me was: After Sept. 11, there was this whole mentality among foreign policy conservatives that we had been decadent and stagnant, and now is our time to wake up and launch a new crusade and remake the world. Obviously, that ended very badly. But something similar ——
Thiel: But it was Bush 43 who told people to go shopping right away.
Douthat: So it wasn’t anti-decadent enough?
Thiel: For the most part. There was some neocon, foreign policy enclave in which people were LARPing as a way to get out of decadence. But the dominant thing was Bush 43 people telling people just to go shopping.
The entire opinion you find here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/opinion/peter-thiel-antichrist-ross-douthat.htmlPaywall free:
https://archive.is/HTIF6The biggest issue with stagnation is that "the people" love to live in their status quo.
Once you archived some financial freedom the taste for risk taking leaves. That is human nature, I've seen it in many. Due to just developing financial freedom we develop all kinds of ills. loose friends, create enemies. It is obvious that we lack the ability to advance as an entity, body and soul.
What is your take on this?