A thought about military service the day after Veterans' Day

A day after Veterans' Day I've been thinking about how much the "dominant ethos" of our nation--as indicated by the votes of a majority of citizens and the "elites" who determine what news and culture trends will be deemed hip and cool--has changed since WW2.

One think seems to me to be pretty certain: I suspect fewer young men still believe this nation is worth defending with their lives.  The dominant party (in votes; if you're confused, that would be the Democrats) has declared that they're determined to a) open our borders to anyone; b) to bring us to socialism; c) to teach your children that the U.S. is and has always been, from its founding, intrinsically evil; d) that all whites are raaaacist; e) that homosexuality is great; f) that our military must not only allow people who don't know what sex they are to join, but must use scarce defense appropriations to pay for them to get sex-change operations; and a dozen other things.

It would never, ever occur to any of the so-called "elites" to wonder what effect this might have on the willingness of young men to put their lives on the line to defend this country.  For starters, the "elites" believe there are no threats to this nation except for "nationalism"--a phrase they routinely use to bludgeon the president.  All the lessons of history say that view is moronic, but everything I see every day says that the "elites" have never, and will never, learn anything from history.

One tiny exit fact:  Fakebook closes the accounts of conservatives for the tiniest "thought crime," but refuses to close any of the scores of accounts started by "Antifa"--which is a known-violent organization.  Fakebook protects those accounts because they like what Antifa is doing.