Agree. That’s why I keep advocating for better education. I guess you could say I am advocating hard power in education too.There are competing ideas on fighting guerilla warfare, soft power vs hard power. You are advocating hard power. I am not sold on soft power alone, but I am even more sure hard power alone doesn't work. We need some form of hearts and minds here in the US.
I remember when GWB proposed a stronger government role in preserving traditional famiky structure and the liberals laughed him off the stage. That was when many liberals were beginning their attack on all thing’s traditional. I think we are also now seeing the wages of destroying and mocking the building blocks of a cohesive society.
But, people need to feel a measure of safety and security before you can really use soft power.