We are instructed by our elites that “equity”—their word for the total leveling of society—is a matter of basic justice. Any outcomes that manifest disparity—for example, not enough women or racial minorities, according to woke formulas—are conclusive evidence of bigotry, and must be changed by law.
OK, fine. So, with a new call in Europe for mandatory conscription to face the Russian menace, does this not mean that women must be forced into military service, the same as men?
How could it not? After all, if the only reason that men are disproportionately represented in the armed forces is sexism, it makes sense to induct females into the military, train them, arm them, and send them to the front lines to face Russian firepower.
The United States does not have conscription, but the ideology that would require subjecting women to the draft has been dominant in the American military for years—at least since the Obama administration began imposing the principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) on the military.
The problem is, biological reality does not conform to ideological abstractions. Women are not nearly as physically strong as men, nor do they have the same capacity for endurance. This is not a moral fault, of course. It is a scientific fact. Over the past few years, military whistleblowers have sounded the alarm about the armed forces lowering standards to achieve an “equitable” outcome.
It hasn’t seemed to concern the Pentagon brass that doing so endangers both the troops and the only mission the U.S. or any other army has: fighting and winning wars. The generals and admirals of the U.S. armed forces have been more concerned about winning the culture war against bigots who insist that things like strength and endurance matter in combat. Trump’s Secretary of Defense Pete Hegeseth appears to want to bring some sanity back to the armed forces: He has just ordered a review of military standards, fulfilling a promise to make sure that “that in a gender-neutral way, the standards ensuring readiness and meritocracy [are] front and center.”
But what about Israel? they always say. The Jewish state, which imposes mandatory military service on its women, fields one of the world’s most formidable fighting forces. The answer is that Israel has no choice. It is a garrison state with a small population, surrounded by tens of millions of Arab Muslims who despise it, and want to see it destroyed. In such an extreme situation, drafting women makes sense. Because no other country on earth faces such an existential challenge, Israel’s example doesn’t mean much.
What’s more, another reason why no country has ever imposed mass conscription on its women is that women are correctly understood as the resource the nation will need to replace the men it loses in combat. When the fighting stops between Ukraine and Russia, Ukraine will face the terrible task of rebuilding its population without hundreds of thousands of men killed in defense of its sovereignty. How much worse would the problem be if Kyiv had sent equal numbers of its women to the front?
These common-sense realities matter not to the woke ideologues who have captured the West’s institutions. They would rather sacrifice the present and future of the nations they lead than admit that egalitarianism is wrong.
What if Europe wakes up from its abstract dreaming and refuses to impose female conscription? If European governments draw a line here, then it cannot be denied that meaningful differences occur among peoples as a natural fact of life. Therefore, the entire issue of woke egalitarianism must be brought into question. No society that wishes to thrive can sacrifice the principle of merit, of competence, of capability, on the altar of ideology.
In the matter of war, the question isn’t one of thriving, but of survival. Wokeness is a suicide pact.
Europe is now re-arming to meet the new realities imposed by America’s (overdue) withdrawal from its position as the guarantor of European defense. As the political debates over female conscription arise, conservatives who understand how mad this proposal is should force the argument on progressives and liberals of the established right-wing parties. Do you really want to follow the logic of egalitarianism to its obvious conclusion?
That is, do you really want your mothers and daughters facing artillery fire from the Russians, and all the other horrors that come with war? If not, then—what makes you think all other forms of egalitarianism, no matter how bizarre, are just?
The elites’ war on common sense—indeed, its blitzkrieg against reality itself—has conquered almost every European society from within. With the issue of female conscription, it now stands to pave the way for the defeat of Europe from outside invaders, who may be wicked people fighting for an evil cause, but who at least possess the vital virtue of living not by woke lies.
The Western Elites’ War on Common Sense
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We are instructed by our elites that “equity”—their word for the total leveling of society—is a matter of basic justice. Any outcomes that manifest disparity—for example, not enough women or racial minorities, according to woke formulas—are conclusive evidence of bigotry, and must be changed by law.
OK, fine. So, with a new call in Europe for mandatory conscription to face the Russian menace, does this not mean that women must be forced into military service, the same as men?
How could it not? After all, if the only reason that men are disproportionately represented in the armed forces is sexism, it makes sense to induct females into the military, train them, arm them, and send them to the front lines to face Russian firepower.
The United States does not have conscription, but the ideology that would require subjecting women to the draft has been dominant in the American military for years—at least since the Obama administration began imposing the principles of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) on the military.
The problem is, biological reality does not conform to ideological abstractions. Women are not nearly as physically strong as men, nor do they have the same capacity for endurance. This is not a moral fault, of course. It is a scientific fact. Over the past few years, military whistleblowers have sounded the alarm about the armed forces lowering standards to achieve an “equitable” outcome.
It hasn’t seemed to concern the Pentagon brass that doing so endangers both the troops and the only mission the U.S. or any other army has: fighting and winning wars. The generals and admirals of the U.S. armed forces have been more concerned about winning the culture war against bigots who insist that things like strength and endurance matter in combat. Trump’s Secretary of Defense Pete Hegeseth appears to want to bring some sanity back to the armed forces: He has just ordered a review of military standards, fulfilling a promise to make sure that “that in a gender-neutral way, the standards ensuring readiness and meritocracy [are] front and center.”
But what about Israel? they always say. The Jewish state, which imposes mandatory military service on its women, fields one of the world’s most formidable fighting forces. The answer is that Israel has no choice. It is a garrison state with a small population, surrounded by tens of millions of Arab Muslims who despise it, and want to see it destroyed. In such an extreme situation, drafting women makes sense. Because no other country on earth faces such an existential challenge, Israel’s example doesn’t mean much.
What’s more, another reason why no country has ever imposed mass conscription on its women is that women are correctly understood as the resource the nation will need to replace the men it loses in combat. When the fighting stops between Ukraine and Russia, Ukraine will face the terrible task of rebuilding its population without hundreds of thousands of men killed in defense of its sovereignty. How much worse would the problem be if Kyiv had sent equal numbers of its women to the front?
These common-sense realities matter not to the woke ideologues who have captured the West’s institutions. They would rather sacrifice the present and future of the nations they lead than admit that egalitarianism is wrong.
What if Europe wakes up from its abstract dreaming and refuses to impose female conscription? If European governments draw a line here, then it cannot be denied that meaningful differences occur among peoples as a natural fact of life. Therefore, the entire issue of woke egalitarianism must be brought into question. No society that wishes to thrive can sacrifice the principle of merit, of competence, of capability, on the altar of ideology.
In the matter of war, the question isn’t one of thriving, but of survival. Wokeness is a suicide pact.
Europe is now re-arming to meet the new realities imposed by America’s (overdue) withdrawal from its position as the guarantor of European defense. As the political debates over female conscription arise, conservatives who understand how mad this proposal is should force the argument on progressives and liberals of the established right-wing parties. Do you really want to follow the logic of egalitarianism to its obvious conclusion?
That is, do you really want your mothers and daughters facing artillery fire from the Russians, and all the other horrors that come with war? If not, then—what makes you think all other forms of egalitarianism, no matter how bizarre, are just?
The elites’ war on common sense—indeed, its blitzkrieg against reality itself—has conquered almost every European society from within. With the issue of female conscription, it now stands to pave the way for the defeat of Europe from outside invaders, who may be wicked people fighting for an evil cause, but who at least possess the vital virtue of living not by woke lies.
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