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True, but some cultures seem to be better suited towards producing those kinds of feelings than others. To use US history as just one example, "manifest destiny" lasted for well over 100 years.
Besides a few notable exceptions which weren't even particularly long lived, the only thing many people (especially of the younger generation) really seem to get worked up over these days is rabble rousing and the threat of impending benefit cuts.
I had a ****ty 2013, but it motivated me to get off my ass. We have been too successful and too comfortable for too long.
sometimes when I pray and ask "why did this bad thing happen to me?" often times, the reason something bad was to snap me out of some behavior or point of view that would be self destructive if it goes on too long. Its the same lesson.