by John Galt » Thu Jun 29, 2017 11:26 pm
It does matter. If she attributed to Hitler it would have a different tone. If she attributed it to Donald Duck it would have another tone. She attributed it to the greatest president of the United States.
The point of the quote is that wealth destroys more people than poverty by the way; it was originally written as "prosperity". Only great men can stand prosperity. When thought about it this way, Trump was born into wealth and made it all the way to the presidency; he wasn't destroyed by it so the test of his character as the quote was talking about found him worthy not lacking.
So it does matter.
Americans learn only from catastrophe and not from experience. -- Theodore Roosevelt
My life has become a single, ongoing revelation that I haven’t been cynical enough.