North American culture encourages people to be strong while allowing the weak to fail with next to no help. I'm not saying that's a good or bad thing, that's just the way it is. As baby boomers get older and their children reach university age, they tend to be quite affluent and allow their children to have "too much" freedom, so to speak.

I don't really feel like I need to sacrifice anything in order to be strong. We sacrifice every day when we pay our taxes. We are not free to do 'anything' we want. Such is being human in this modern world.

I don't see the world's light going out. There are good people everywhere. Some young people are savages, but I tend not to associate with them.

There are two reasons I am driven as a man. The first is to enjoy myself and contribute to the lives of others while doing so. The second is that someday I will be a father.