Comments on: Michael Totten on Europe: things fall apart

By: ErisGuy

ErisGuy — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 22:59:05 +0000

Having read “The Black Book of Communism” Europeans still seem to think, “wow, that’s way cool.” Until the EU treats communism as it treats nazism, European cannot change.

By: ErisGuy

ErisGuy — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 22:56:15 +0000

Until “former” communist Merkel and her allies threw away their borders the idea that “the origin, kind, and number of foreigners allowed to enter a country” was once an idea of the center. Now it is far-right.

By: Sergey

Sergey — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 16:52:28 +0000

In the best case, the destiny of the West (Europe, at least) is fascism. The only alternative, which is hundred times worse, is islamization. Let us hope that fascists will win.

By: Sharon W

Sharon W — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 02:07:32 +0000

Thumbs up to Ben David and Tom G comments. I am meeting w/a retired Bishop from time to time to talk about issues. I printed out Ben David’s comment for our next meeting.

By: Tom G

Tom G — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 23:53:25 +0000

@Ben David, well said.

The Christian Capitalist West is full of elites who are anti-Christian and anti-capitalist.

The perfect being the enemy of the good — where our mostly good Western Civ is, for the elites, NOT good enough.

MJT is missing the cultural religious element almost totally.

The “immorality revolution”, starting with sex, doesn’t end just sexual morality. Democracy fails without common morals.

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 20:40:11 +0000

The Fascists seem to be quite in style today. Have you noticed that the democrat street thugs have ditched their traditional white gowns and hoods for the more stylish fascist black shirts and hoods?

By: Mr. Frank

Mr. Frank — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 19:03:42 +0000

A few days ago three young refugee boys in Twin Falls, Idaho pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a five year old girl. Google it. I’ll bet the locals are pulling up the welcome mat.

By: DNW

DNW — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:59:00 +0000

This thread also brought this book to mind:

From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life

By Jacques Barzun [Published less than four months before 9/11/2001]

Always meant to read that book.

Created a bit of a stir when it came out: A respected intellectual saying things that should not be mentioned.

By: Sharon W

Sharon W — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:55:49 +0000

Carl-I read the Barzun book a number of years ago. A prescient warning by way of looking at history.

By: carl in atlanta

carl in atlanta — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:42:43 +0000

This thread also brought this book to mind:

From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life

By Jacques Barzun [Published less than four months before 9/11/2001]

A review from Booklist:

“Others have written about the end of Western culture, but none with more cogent erudition than Barzun. With a poise borne of decades of distinguished scholarship, Barzun recounts the religious, political, artistic, and social revolutions that shaped Western culture. But far more than a chronicle of events, this magisterial history highlights the earliest emergence of seminal new ideas and impulses. Thus, though Barzun offers deft and often shrewd portrayals of such giants as Luther, Montesquieu, and Shaw, it is concepts–including individualism, emancipation, primitivism, and self-consciousness–that form the unifying threads running through the tapestry of the centuries. In scrutinizing the last few decades, Barzun sees the threads unraveling, and the weavers despairing. No new ideas inspire fresh or meaningful patterns. Signs of decadence abound. Absurdity pervades the arts. Empty slogans dominate politics. Violence replaces thought. Barzun expects and even invites disagreement. But he advances his views with an intellectual capaciousness that will win admiration even from those who reject his conclusions. An impressive culmination to a lifetime of serious reflection.” – Bryce Christensen