Snippet: Cynicism vs. Virtue

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Here’s author and investor David Bahnsen on Monday’s The World and Everything In It podcast episode. He’s talking about his message to young adults from his latest Dividend Cafe newsletter:

“The universal takeaway is that we are in a position in society right now that we need more and more young men and women of faith to choose a life rooted to virtue and character.

“A lot of distractions exist from social media, the online world, the temptations of AI, the temptations of our phones and a life on a screen, as well as just, you know, the worldly elements that have been there forever. But then, I think right now, in this stage that we find ourselves in, there is a cynicism that can take over, where people believe that the system is rigged against them, that AI is going to take away all the job opportunities, that the state is out to get them, or the man is out to get them, or the system is out to get them.

“When I talk about virtue and character, what I’m encouraging young people to do is realize that God has a plan for their life that is not going to be derailed by self-pity and by victimhood, that you have it in you to do the right thing, to make the right decisions, and to overcome evil with good. In doing so, and in taking a career path, choosing every good endeavor to produce goods and services that meet the needs of humanity, you find a calling in that; you find a good life. And I think that this is a message that needs to become universally preached and taught and, hopefully, adhered to, and we’ll all be better off for it.”

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