Posted by MF Poor on September 24, 2012 at 09:28:45 from (72.4.0.230):
In Reply to: For the posted by oldtanker on September 24, 2012 at 08:03:35:
I'm not so sure a lot of folks aren't overlooking the obvious....which is; Young AND old BOTH have lost touch with work ethics, ambition, morals, and what it takes to succeed in TODAYS world.
Many of us "old timers" knew that if we worked hard and did our best, we'd make it "back in the day". Like it or not, times have changed. NOTHING is like it was 25 years ago, or 50 years ago, or further back than that.
Making it today requires more education. It requires more luck. It requires just as much hard work, maybe even more. Who's to say even the most successful among us would be able to thrive in todays world.
Farming as a for instance. We have far fewer farmers, who work far more acres, with far more science and technology, with a MUCH higher operating budget, which involves much higher risk than what our fathers taught us to work with. Not to degrade those who farmed in the past, but those who'll farm in the future will face a much greater challenge. It's ol' Darwins theory...Survival of the fittest. The best succeed, the least fail, and the middle struggles. The next generation of farmers will look back on NOW and reminisce about how many farmers there used to be, just like we do now. Fewer and fewer will do more and more. Like it or not, that's just the way it is.
Sure I support family farms and the whole idea of families carrying on the tradition. I grew up in that tradition, and still carry on, and help my kids to hopefully follow in my footsteps. But, you only need to look at history to determine the next generation of farmers probably won't include a good portion of the families that are in it today.
And for the record, I remember some of the "old timers" that were around when I was a youngin', speaking their minds about how OUR generation just didn't get it....how we wouldn't make it. we did. Some of us anyway. And some didn't.
Personally, I have a lot of faith in our youth. Some of them anyway.
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