content: Hard times make hard people, Hard people make soft times, Soft times make soft people, Soft people make hard times.     The left preys on shallow people with narrow minds.  At this point in my life I can tell which are which in interviews.  Shallow people can't connect the dots between things without dismissing things as "unrelated" and they tend to be unable to come up with seeing things more than one step ahead.    They're impatient, get a sense of the situation, and rush to judgement without giving it much thought.    They take the superficial meaning for "hope for the best, plan for the worst".    If you want to pick them out of a crowd, look for people that can't laugh at themselves.  They have an ego to compliment their lack of self awareness and it's easily spotted in people that can't laugh at themselves, they get mad at anything that questions their sense of entitlement.