Step back for a minute and note an important piece of psychohistory - that every generation of Americans faced adversaries who called us "decadent cowards and pleasure-seeking sybarites (wimps), devoid of any of the virtues of manhood." (David Brin)

Step back for a minute and note an important piece of psychohistory - that every generation of Americans faced adversaries who called us "decadent cowards and pleasure-seeking sybarites (wimps), devoid of any of the virtues of manhood."

David Brin

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