> Strong men create good times      <-- Apollo program

Don't forget the captured and pardoned Nazi scientists who helped pull that off. The government hasn't been invading any technology advanced countries recently, which is really hampering their progress.

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That romanticized vision comes from the past, from the time of the Manhattan project or the Apollo program. That is not the case anymore.

This diagram is just a rough approximation.

Hard times create strong men.      <-- Manhattan project

Strong men create good times      <-- Apollo program

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That romanticized vision comes from the past, from the time of the Manhattan project or the Apollo program. That is not the case anymore.

This diagram is just a rough approximation. 

Hard times create strong men.      <-- Manhattan project
Strong men create good times      <-- Apollo program
Good times create weak men.
Weak men create hard times.        <-- **[We are here]**