A disheartening new poll conducted by the Echelon
Insights research institute purports to show that 72% of American voters would not be willing to volunteer to fight for their country if
the United States faced a major conflict. The poll of 1,029 likely voters, obtained
by Newsweek, was conducted Oct. 23-26, in the days following the heinous Hamas
terror attacks against Israel on October 7th.
That the overwhelming
majority of U.S. adults apparently would not be willing to serve in the United
States military if the country faced another major war is concerning to say the
least, especially given extreme tensions in the Middle East and surrounding
Iran, Russia, China, and North Korea, the modern day Axis of Evil.
By contrast, a Daily Mail poll conducted by J.L.
Partners and released early last month found that 64% of 1,000 likely voters were
willing to die defending the United States-- in the event of an invasion.
However, the same poll showed that fully 30% of Americans ages 18-29 would
rather surrender than die fighting for their country. Moreover, the poll found
that less than half-- 46% to be exact-- of Democrats would be willing to
die fighting for the U.S. Sadly, the latter figure is anything but a shock. Why
would you lay down your life for a nation you despise, one peopled with
oppressors and—Trump supporters?!
The U.S. military is increasingly represented by those from
the South and rural areas…and from families who have a history of service.
This, too, is unsurprising. These areas-- and families-- tend to be more
conservative and Republican. And patriotic. Rather than entitled and bitter.
No sane person likes war or looks forward to dying in battle,
but, as someone once noted: If you have nothing to die for, you have nothing to
live for. Sometimes there has to be something greater than one’s self. So let’s
take a look at why we won’t
fight. Here are 21 reasons, some admittedly tied
together.
1) Nearly all of us have become soft
and spoiled by our relative wealth and ease.
2) As such, we tend to be extremely entitled.
3) Our kids have been indoctrinated, taught
to disdain the country by their schools.
4) Leftist identity politics is tearing
us apart. Rather than a “we are all Americans” mentality bringing us together
with shared values, ownership, and pride (E pluribus unum) we have been deliberately
splintered into countless groups, tribes, and classes (E unum pluribus?).
5) To that end, the media incessantly focuses
on our differences and highlights any act of bigotry. Or makes one up.
6) White people/colonizers/founders have
been branded as bad, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, etc.,
courtesy of The 1619 Project, CRT, the #MeToo movement, et. al., ad nauseum.
7) There has been a pronounced and
continuing loss of religious belief and church attendance, along
with a consequent loss of Judeo-Christian values.
8) There has been a significant loss
of belief in free markets and the capitalist economic system, especially among
the young…also due to “institutions of higher learning.”
9) There has been a loss of belief in
the benefits of freedom of speech/assembly/religion, the right to bear arms, and
other rights the founders felt were paramount—and inviolate.
10) There has been a stunning decline
in Americans’ knowledge of American history. Schools no longer emphasize the
teaching of history, unless it is fake history such as The 1619 Project. Many
colleges no longer even offer courses on actual American History, Western Civ,
or the classics.
11) There is certainly little
knowledge of the history of the rest of the world as regards slavery, bigotry,
racism, misogyny, the devastating results of communism, etc. And no
dissemination of any of these topics.
12) There is an extreme dearth of
knowledge of past societies, their forms of government, and how those
governments may have aided—or more often decimated—the hopes, dreams, and
well-being of the citizens over which they ruled.
13) There is a near total lack of
familiarity of-- and appreciation for-- the concepts of Natural
Law and Natural Rights…the defining difference between the United
States and every other nation in the history of the world.
14) A growing ”better dead than red”
mentality, coupled with a belief that physical violence is always wrong.
(Unless it is directed at unborn babies or Jews, of course.)
15) A pseudo form of hyper-tolerance;
tolerance considered a value above all others. (Except when dealing with unborn
babies or Jews.)
16) A lack of familiarity and experience
with firearms, vehicles, machinery, etc., and a desire to largely stay apart
from them. (Completely opposite of American youth’s attitude from the
Revolutionary War through Vietnam.)
17) Helicopter parenting, which
prevents kids from experimenting, “inventing,” and developing a spirit of
adventure.
18) The attacks on “toxic masculinity”
and the simultaneous feminization and infantilization of society.
19) Some too distracted by watching sports,
streaming television shows, gambling, and porn to dedicate the time and energy
to much of anything else.
20) Too many consumed with “self-medication”
via pot, alcohol, fentanyl, opioids, etc.
21) Too many overweight and out of
shape. (See 19 and 20 above.)
Is it any
wonder that an ill-educated, largely ignorant, out of shape people who have
been told that the U.S. is evil-- and who have lost belief in anything but
themselves and their specific peer group—are reluctant to fight for their
country? That they are not particularly patriotic? The question is how could it
be other than thus?
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