Wow, I have never heard so many excuses, and never seen excuse-making so widely accepted. To make excuses was shameful in my experience - until recently!
Never give up, said Churchill, with the Nazi military controlling continential Europe and bombing London, and most of his fellow leaders thinking surrender inevitable. Washington led the US military through the darkness and utter despair of defeat, starvation and Valley Forge:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43022337
Now victimhood and powerlessness are everywhere and your enemies could not dream of better. You outnumber them, but you put down your arms and complain.
