Years ago, American political philosopher Harvey Mansfield made a troubling observation that I cited in these pages five years ago. In case you’ve forgotten, events conspire to remind you that, and I quote a paraphrase not the original, “it may be possible to impose perfect justice, but … people may not be in a mood to live together when you are finished.” For instance, in the Canadian military.
If you were a young straight male would you bank on a future in the armed forces? I don’t believe going woke is going to fix their recruitment shortfall. Why would anyone sign on to an organization opposed to their personal values and that holds their very existence in contempt as the root cause of whatever mental illness its woke members care to declare.
