"Liberal democracy is based on the belief that the masses, overwhelmingly composed of ordinary and vulgar citizens—ordinary and vulgar in spirit, ordinary and vulgar in knowledge, and ordinary and vulgar in conscience—know what is best for themselves and their future descendants. One only needs to look at the regions that have most promoted this concept of liberal democracy to see the fallacy of such a belief."
-Radical Nationalism
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As decades passed after 1945, many WWII veterans grew outspoken about their disappointment in how the world and especially their home countries had changed. Nowhere is this more evident than in the candid voices collected by English journalist Nicholas Pringle. In the mid-2000s, Pringle became curious about what the British “greatest generation” thought of 21st-century Britain. He reached out in newspapers asking war veterans a pointed question: “Are you happy with how your country has turned out? What do you think your fallen comrades would have made of life in 21st-century Britain?” The results were eye-opening. About 150 veterans wrote back, and Pringle compiled their letters into a 500-page book titled The Unknown Warriors. The overwhelming sentiment from these old soldiers and wartime workers was one of overt disillusionment.
“Was it worth it?” Pringle asked one veteran, Sarah Robinson, about the war. Her answer and the answer of many of her contemporaries, now in their 80s and 90s is a resounding No. They “despise what has become of the Britain they once fought to save. It’s not our country any more,” she said in sorrow and anger.
Beyond immigration, the veterans decried a laundry list of societal changes. They saw a breakdown of order, morality, and respect. Many complained about rising crime and incivility, contrasting it with the respectful, law-abiding society of their youth.. One reminisced about the days when “people kept the laws and were polite and courteous… We were contented and happy”, only to ask despairingly, “Where is it now?!”. Others targeted political correctness and liberal social policies: “The ‘do-gooders’ have a lot to answer for,” wrote one ex-serviceman, blaming permissive attitudes for a decline in discipline and public decency.. He and others railed against what they saw as the erosion of traditional British values, citing everything from lenient policing and the welfare state, to “compensation culture” and the loss of Christian faith in public life.
Crucially, many veterans explicitly voiced regret about fighting in WWII at all, given these outcomes. “Yes, I served six years for this country, for what?” wrote one bitter British Army veteran. “I shall be 90 years old soon, and a very bitter man… It’s a pity Hitler did not get here.” This statement, wishing that Britain had lost the war was followed by an even more direct admission: “If I had my time over again, I would never have gone [to war], and neither would many others I have spoken to”.. In other words, had he known Britain would turn into the society it is today, this veteran would have preferred not to fight for it at all. Such sentiments were not isolated. Another veteran put it in even starker terms, saying his “main regret” in life was “that I didn’t fight for Hitler; at least he was for his own people.”. This quote, an Allied veteran wistfully wishing he had served the Führer encapsulates just how betrayed some of these individuals felt by the country they ended up with after the war.
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