/lit/ - Literature

>>10807491
Newbie here just breaking into non fiction for some variety, never voluntarily read any that I can remember. I'm starting off with Churchill's WW2 stuff as I'm interested in history as well.

Does reading Churchill make anyone else sad? You read his descriptions about how the British reacted to the threat of invasion, the whole society arming up and joining the Home Guard and pitching in to supply the war effort, and then you realize today in Britain they're confiscating locking knives and you need to show an ID card to buy caffeinated drinks.

Churchill is beyond spinning in his grave, his ghost is probably trying to figure out how to die again so it doesn't have to go through the agony of watching his society turn out like this. I bet he'd have preferred Nazi rule to this.