James Millard

This notion that young British men - specifically the working class ones – are going to sign up to go fight Russia for Ukraine is hilarious. This applies to other countries too, but let’s focus on the Brits. It’s a lesson in how the left skin-suits an institution, demands respect, and finds that it receives none. These are the same young men who have been told they, their country, and their culture are garbage for the last 20 years. Racist, sexist, transphobic - you know the score. When they dare complain about their communities being changed without their consent, they get slandered. When foreign invaders rape their sisters and wives, the ruling class covers it up. If they take action, or even speak about it, they will be jailed. Yeah, I bet they’re just chomping at the bit to go get killed at the behest of their tormentors. When they balk at sacrificing their lives for other people‘s prerogatives – again, other people who hate them and have screwed with them for decades – they get accused of lacking patriotism. That is, patriotism to the same country. The ruling class taught them was a racist, imperialist nightmare of illegitimacy. They can’t even wave their own flag in public without being scorned, yet now the same people crying about that demand that they fill a coffin under that same banner. Good luck. Everyone knows what you’re not going to see—the sons and daughters of the people proposing to send them off to fight joining them. You’re not going to see the rich kids. You’re not going to see the posh boys who benefit from the wonderful multicultural dream that is current Britain join up. Cambridge and Oxford are not going to be sending anyone. The whole idea of it is absurd. Their lives are too important. No, the fighting is to be done by the people the ruling class holds in contempt. Their lives are meaningless anyway. The Brit fortunate sons will be in Ibiza dancing with Ukrainian fortunate sons. The Brit unfortunate sons will be in Ukraine with the Ukrainian unfortunate sons who couldn’t buy or fly their way out of the draft. Yeah, after being told their country is garbage, young native Englishman are now being told they owe it their lives. After being told they are worthless, they are being told to give up what little they have left to live out some heroic fantasy for the transitory amusement of the ruling class. They’re supposed to do go die because Putin’s bad? What did Putin do to them? Put them in jail for speaking their minds? Flood their country with aliens? Take away their right to a jury trial? Call them garbage and disenfranchise them? Should these guys die for whatever this all is, in the off chance the ruling class even bothers putting up a memorial to them, they can be assured that a migrant will come along to piss on it, as happens with existing memorials to pass warriors, and no that bobbie will stop it. But that same copper will arrest their son or daughter for complaining about it. Resolved: If anyone is to go fight for King & Country in Ukraine, it should be the politicians, the poshes, and their sons. Take your war and your fake appeals to patriotism and shove them up your boot.