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The conversation also probes into broader societal issues: the impact of affluence on health, the erosion of physical literacy, and cultural complacency. Defender compares America’s decline to a person on a "gravy train," whose excess leads to obesity, physical weakness, and mental fragility.
He quotes national statistics: "83% of American men can't do a pull-up", a stark indicator of the physical failure that foreshadows mental incapacity. The decline extends to children, with obesity and lack of physical education reinforcing a cycle of weakness and dependency.