Comments on: Why Conservatives Hate War

By: L. C. Rees

L. C. Rees — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 06:31:33 +0000

Lind’s beloved Austria-Hungary, in the person of Count Leopold Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz, Frättling und Püllütz, was the empire that gave the Younger Moltke the opportunity to launch his preemptive war on Russia. That preemptive war ended up creating complications.

Nicholas I’s much taller uncles and cousins weren’t going to give him any peace at family parties if he backed down again as in 1908. The aristocracy brought their own fate down on their heads. If Alexander III had married a much taller princess then maybe WWI wouldn’t have taken the shape it did. What earlier Romanoffs lacked in brains they made up for in size.

The man who destroyed Europe’s old order, as his former ultra allies loudly proclaimed at the time, was Bismarck.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:52:23 +0000

My understanding is that the Left was against the war, because it was a war between Nations, when what they wanted was an International war between Classes.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:51:15 +0000

Traditional aristocracies definitely saw fighting as one of their most important roles, which put them in a similar position to modern military officers — believing in the importance of military power, but in no hurry to exercise it too frivolously. Hindsight’s 20/20, as they say…

By: David Foster

David Foster — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:29:04 +0000

“Conservatives hate war”… depends what you mean by conservatives. Traditional aristocracies saw fighting — whether in duels or in wars — as one of their core functions.

In the run-up to WWI, those Europeans pushing for aggressive military action tended to be more on the Right than on the Left. Once the war started, of course, the Left in all countries fell into line quickly.

By: Bob Sykes

Bob Sykes — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:37:35 +0000

WWI was a cultural catastrophe for Europe. The generation that fought it was the last to produce any art or literature or music. Their children and their descendants can best be described as degenerates, and they are now being displaced by third world immigrants. This is probably a good thing overall.