Civilizational Darwinism: do dark times really create strong people?

What is curious is that its author – the writer Michael Hopf – himself called this formula a simplification of generational theory. So it is not a law of history. And Ukraine, in my opinion, illustrates that well.

It is obvious to everyone that the times today are indeed dark. But strong people are here. They fight, they rescue, they help others, they keep businesses, the energy sector and communities running. We have enough strong and talented people. So what is the question?

So it is clear that the problem is not that dark times have not yet “given birth to” strong people. The question is different: is the state capable of finding them, giving them authority and responsibility, creating rules and conditions where competence matters more than loyalty.

We too often romanticise the role of the hero. Yet a country cannot depend on whether a strong person appears at the decisive moment. What is needed is a SYSTEM that selects professional, honest and responsible people – for state and business institutions. Not as an exception or a lucky accident. But as an everyday norm.

Then we will depend less on historical cycles and “gifts of fate”.