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The American hero silently faded away, just like our standard of living.
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May we pause here and shed just one tear for the demise of the American hero? Can you remember the last time you saw a hero? Or did heroes wither and fade away so gradually, much like the standard of living we once enjoyed, that you didn’t even notice that something you once took for granted was gone? Of course young people always take the status quo for granted. Nowadays college graduates expect to spend the next 15 or 20 years paying off their college loans, and would find it hard to believe that the $10 we were able to earn on Saturdays paid for our food and room and that we graduated without owing a cent. And nowadays young people don’t know that, back when men had a function, heroes used to rush in at the last minute to save the girl. In a pinch she tossed her hair over the balcony and the hero climbed up on that. But this is the way you’ll see it played now: The bad guy with a gun...
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