The Golden Renaissance Man

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“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be One.”

–Marcus Aurelius

The term Renaissance means revival, or rebirth.

Keep this in mind as I expand on today’s topic.

In the current environment and state of the world we’ve witnessed an extraordinary clash between two giant forces that has occurred in the last four years.

On one side of these clashing forces we’ve witnessed what I would refer to as the status quo of an ever expanding government and corrupt Administrative State. This side of the force is filled with rent seeking do nothing politicians, corrupt bureaucrats, stochastic terrorists, and their base of violent supporters. It should also be noted that the majority of their supporters contain vacuous minds.

On the opposite side of that force has always been the stalwart of citizens who have always believed in the opportunity of the system that they’ve been an integral part of, but who have always had the common sense to call out that system and question it when it has failed in their eyes. All the true patriots are part of this side of this opposition force and they have always recognized the corruption within our American system and have quickly become aware of the era of reverse plunder over the past four years.

However, the unfortunate reality is that this side also contains a portion of those people who possess vacuous minds and fail to recognize the warring clash that is taking place within the current time we’re living in during this moment in history. The good news is that the reality of the world is coming to everyone’s front door whether they currently recognize the present circumstances as they are, or not.

So why do I say this is good news?

In my view society shouldn’t define men, but rather men should define a society. In other words, the type of society that exists in which one resides is the result of the type of men who live, work, and lead that society.

Leadership is everything and it ALWAYS directly results in the success, or failure, of any organization, company, community, or government.

There’s a brilliant quote that sums up this historical cycle that I’ve touched on before by G. Michael Hopf who states the following.

“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

This is such a simple, yet such an edifying way to communicate the reality of the cycle of history. Just in case you happen to be one of those with .css-j9qmi7{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;font-weight:700;margin-bottom:1rem;margin-top:2.8rem;width:100%;-webkit-box-pack:start;-ms-flex-pack:start;-webkit-justify-content:start;justify-content:start;padding-left:5rem;}@media only screen and (max-width: 599px){.css-j9qmi7{padding-left:0;-webkit-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;justify-content:center;}}.css-j9qmi7 svg{fill:#27292D;}.css-j9qmi7 .eagfbvw0{-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;color:#27292D;}