With demography.

(To be replaced by Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness…and a Constitution to try to encourage and ensure it, as much as HUMANLY possible in a new-fashioned country of, by and for the people….)

Worked out fairly well, with some speed bumps along the way, to be sure, mostly in the middish-19th century…that is, until the advent of ubiquitous social-media apps…and a rabidly faux-messianic (i.e., Bolshevik) Democratic Party….

…athwart which DJT shouted “STOP”…and then proceeded to follow through with prophet-like determination and precision so as to attempt to cement a successful and durable counter-revolution.

I’d like to presume that there is some objective, actual, reality-based benefit to the nations making such decisions. Not that I’d like it, or the results. But the other reason for such decisions is…..
A kind of Luigismus/itis; the passive getting all hot and horny for people who actually Do Stuff. And the worse it is, the more it transgresses the generally accepted ethical and moral understandings, the more DO STUFF ish it is.

Like some women go for the Bad Boy. They may be grateful for the Good Guy who decks the Bad Boy–when convenient for the woman–but that’s not Doing Stuff and doesn’t count. Are the leaders this type or are they this type and are they reading their voters?

Not Getting It.

— Richard Aubrey

As neo notes, the demographic balance has shifted in Western Europe. This map gives a visual indication:

https://vividmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jewish-population.jpg

The huge majority of Jews live either in Israel, or the United States. Between them, they are home to ~90% of the Jewish population of the world. In much of Western Europe, they are hugely outnumbered by Muslims.

Demography may not be destiny, quite, but as Mark Stein is fond of pointing out, it comes close.

In some of those countries – the UK, for example – there has been so much Moslem immigration that Moslems constitute a large voting bloc that needs placating.

Like some women go for the Bad Boy. They may be grateful for the Good Guy who decks the Bad Boy–when convenient for the woman–but that’s not Doing Stuff and doesn’t count. Are the leaders this type or are they this type and are they reading their voters?

Not Getting It.

the ignorant, Albanese, Starmer, Macron, Trudeau will not listen to reason, but thats not a new thing, they are inveterately wrong about everything, energy national identity, free speech

same with the prog chieftains on this end of the pond, take the twit who took selfies with Maryland man, same with Hezbollah which has been struck a strong blow, there are some concerns about face saving actions entertained by some policy figures, like Tom Barrack who is more an adjunct advisor

Smotrich’s reaction is rather bewildering but not surprising, he thinks there will be a better result

Israel has failed to conquer & occupy & pacify Gaza, because of concerns about hostages and killing of civilians. Strategically, Bibi has failed to articulate who and how will Gaza be governed.

They should have been occupying & rebuilding for many months already in North Gaza & splitting up Gaza into 5 Swiss style Cantons. It’s not too late.

They don’t want to occupy, but every other alternative is worse for Israel.

Those other ‘nationalities’ had no “right” to being states because they weren’t murdering Jews.

BTW: If the Gazans have a “right” to their own state, why don’t the Kurds? Or the Tibetans? Or, for that matter, the Confederacy? Didn’t the south have the “right” to form their own nation? If not, why not?

Sorry, pipe dream. In order to answer that in a sensible manner, the left would require some semblance of consistency of thought. If it weren’t for double-standards, they’d have no standards at all.