Why Fight? A Civilization Not Worth Dying for Is Not Worth Living for Either

The collapse of Christianity as the animating force in Western civilization has brought us to this point. Secular values are simply not enough to motivate a people to live sacrificially to perpetuate their social order—whether it’s making the sacrifices necessary to defend the nation in war, or even the sacrifices necessary to sustain the nation’s population. People need to feel that their lives are part of a transcendent order, suffused by ultimate meaning.