Harsh Times Require Harsh Actions: To do Good & Right You Must Be Strong
Every book I read I always get some gem or nugget of wisdom that is directly relevant to present day life. I love the Warhammer 40k sci fi series which exists in a war torn future universe. In one book called “The Damnation of Pythos” military survivors of the Iron Hand Legion are trying to recover strength and morale after a brutal defeat. In a conversation with one of their servants, one of the main characters is enlightened by her words.
“The Iron Hands are without compromise. You do not tolerate weakness. You expunge it from yourselves and from others. This rigor means you must make hard choices and engage in harsh actions.”
“Harsh?” the legionnaire asks? She responds: “You misunderstand me. The word is a term of praise. The galaxy is a harsh place and must be answered in kind. You are that answer.”
But when I look at the world today all I see is division and weakness. Geopolitically and societally when in regards to the Greater West of America, Canada, Australia and most of Europe, all is in disarray. Our politicians and elites are selfish, corrupt, incompetent and mainly unserious people leading society astray after hollowing out our industrial complex and exporting it all to our biggest threat (aka CCP China).
When I look at the people in general, most entitled, are unhealthy & weak-minded with a total lack of mission and purpose. And all are indulging degenerate activities as distractions to solving any problems. Fighting over stupid petty things, our cultural wars like woke-ism or DEI or ESG platitudes. This is Sayre’s Law: "In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake."
No wonder our enemies in the Chinese Communist Party, Russia and Iran are pushing and testing us, encouraging our divisions, while they buy up precious commodities around the world, buying and locking up allies across key trade routes. We’re so busy infighting we don’t see the steel rings around us.
But every action has an opposite and equal reaction. We see influential people like Joe Rogan, David Goggins, Jocko Willink, Alex Homozi, Justin Waller, Jordan Peterson, Patrick Bet David who preach doing the hard things, who preach getting strong physically, mentally and financially. This gives me hope that this movement will help us turn things around in the West. If not, the consequences will be pretty severe I fear.
So be like the Iron Hands, be harsh on yourself so you can remove any weakness from your mind, body and soul. Our times, our society and our families' survival require this. This is your regular reminder.