Socialist propaganda made the ones that survived into enemies of the state. If you so much as owned a firearm, you were made to look like a nutcase.
Add multiculturalism to the mix, and you have few people who are willing to fight for their country at all. The handout immigrants never will and the native people don't see much of a nation left to defend.
How many people in Europe or even the US today would voluntarily climb into a bomber multiple times knowing they had a 10-20% chance of never returning from each mission?
I’ve heard that before. Sounds as plausible as anything else. Either way they’re toast.