In the October 7 war, Israel has a secret weapon: the spectacular solidarity of its people.
Israeli soldiers waving the country's flag as they ride a tank near the border with Lebanon on October 14, 2023.Pro-Palestinian protester ‘stalked’ Jewish victim before alleged fatal punch: witnessThe roots of this societal resilience did not grow overnight.
A high school degree was once sufficient to earn a respectable living and to provide one’s children with the opportunity for a better life, but that is no longer the case. In the United States, if you are a middle-aged man without a college degree you are three times more likely to die from suicide, alcohol abuse, or a drug overdose.
In most meritocracies, the criterion to reach the pinnacle of merit is individual academic excellence.It means merit is determined by something that is not about you, but about how you can contribute to your society and country. A society that selects for service changes everything, from what young people aspire to as they grow up, to how they structure their lives throughout adulthood.When we spoke to Nadav Zafrir, a successful Israeli entrepreneur and the commander of an elite tech unit in the IDF, he was in the process of moving his family back to Israel after spending a few years in the United States building his business.
A meritocracy based on service draws from a much larger talent pool. But is this just switching one elite for another? What about those who don’t make it to the top in either system? But there are also many stories of young people who were given challenges and responsibilities that they could never have imagined.
Many Israelis across ethnic, political, and socioeconomic lines have something even stronger than a common experience: a sense of belonging.
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