[October 29, 2023] For people who need to find themselves, there is always Waldo Group Therapy – hmmm, just joking. This is a meme, or maybe not if you are one of today’s Gen Z snowflakes. Many of my peers, recently retired from the U.S. military, often fear for the future of America. The reason, they claim, is that our youth are soft, spoiled, stupid, and fat.
This combination of weak personal traits is indeed a cause for concern. But we should not count America’s youth out, just not yet. Remember that the youth of America before World War II were deemed flabby, pacifistic, yellow, cynical, discouraged, and leftist by a 1940 Gallup Poll. Today, we call these same men as being part of America’s Greatest Generation.
At the time of the Gallop Poll, a social scientist said that “to make a soldier out of the average free American citizen is not unlike domesticating a very wild species of animal.” Looking back at our culture before December 7, 1941, I can understand his observation and concern. The world was more dangerous, and the Second World War demonstrated that to fight true evil means violence.
My critics still claim that violence and war are unnecessary, a conclusion not supported by any period of the history of humanity. A few of these have made their views abundantly clear, but what they claim is just wishful thinking. Like the most recent war between Israel and Hamas terrorists, we see firsthand that only violence works.
Before WW2, young Americans were a “disappointing group, hardly capable of waging war effectively with a battle-hardened enemy.” And that is what many of my peers also believe.
But I believe that young Americans can be changed for the good of our nation. It takes good leadership to make it so. Today, our pandering politicians cannot fulfill the role of great leaders.
The Waldo Therapy Group might exist. But it matters not how well our youth will do when faced with the real world.
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I fully understand what Gen Douglas Satterfield is address about snowflakes as to children. I learned watching the local weather stations several years ago that snowflakes ❄️ though they fall the same time, they are not the same. Wow. I didn’t know that.
What Gen Douglas is saying is Wow each of our children in the family are different. That different is multiple times by other families.
I was told growing up it takes a village to rise a child. I grew up in that place. My neighbors made sure we kids were safe.
We were taught to respect our elderly. Respect can go along ways. That’s what missing now from our youth.
Young boy walking around with pants hanging down their butts ,even some their legs. So disappointing.
I’m been blessed to be involved with the youth for over 40 plus years. Respect them for who they are can help you in getting them to live better.
Our youth are lost and it is our fault. Now is the time, however, to stop the blame game and stop the intellectual bleeding. Help our youth NOW. Get involved. Join a Boy Scout troop to find those minds that need help.
Sir, new to your website but I just had to write to say I’m enjoying the many articles.
Wonderful and funny, Gen. Satterfield.
Yep, love this blog by Gen. S. I’ve been a long time fan.
Got that right Tomas.
Oh, Happy Halloween.
I agree, Gen. Satterfield, violence is sometimes necessary. Take WW2 as one of the most important lessons of the 20th century. Violence can lead to peace and prosperity, but that violence must be focused, strategically designed, tactically correct, and communicated properly against those who support evil like Hamas. For those who support Hamas, they are evil incarnate and must be destroyed too. There is no room for compromise with evil. Evil destroys, and there is no softening it or compromising with it.
“To make a soldier out of the average free American citizen is not unlike domesticating a very wild species of animal.” Now that hurts.
OUCH
Gen. Satterfield talks a lot about “snowflakes” and, yes, that is a pejorative term of insult and that insult is due, of course, when you are willfully blind to the world like so many young today. Let’s continue to shame them. Maybe one day they will wake up and say, “Hey, I screwed myself” … and they will have to themselves deal with the consequences.
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Off topic, prayers for Israel as they crush the Hamas terrorists.
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Gen. Satterfield, you make me laugh. Using the Waldo Theme is just too funny for words. Love it!!! Indeed, our Gen Z or whatever our youth are called these days are simply weak mentally and physically. But it is our school specifically that are making them weaker by the day. If you have kids, don’t send them to public schools because more time is spent of sex educ and retard educ than reading, writing, and arithmetic. No wonder they are stupid.
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Sir, thank you for the comment.
Gen Z, they got themselves lost and now they will have to find their way back without any help from me. Their problem.
Excellent point Tom. I agree.
“This combination of weak personal traits is indeed a cause for concern. But we should not count America’s youth out, just not yet. Remember that the youth of America before World War II were deemed flabby, pacifistic, yellow, cynical, discouraged, and leftist by a 1940 Gallup Poll. Today, we call these same men as being part of America’s Greatest Generation.” – Gen. Doug Satterfield
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Excellent!
Right Pen Q, Gen. Satterfield, nails the main issue in his article. Thanks for the quote.
I hope that Gen. Satterfield continues to cover current culture, despite it being so degrading.
Yep, crack …. Gen. S. hits the ball out of the park with this one. Our youth are spoiled, narcissistic, priviledged and yet say that is a “white” race problem. So laughable because they are exactly what they say they stand against.
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