Posted on 05/05/2025 6:54:48 AM PDT by MtnClimber
A shocking example of Western countries’ suicidal policies, and a warning regarding our own “sanctuary cities,” is provided by the Swedish “no-go” zones. Similar trends have emerged in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, and elsewhere in Western and Central Europe.
The suicidal immigration policies of Western Europe and leftist U.S. administrations reminded me of “The Arsonists,” the widely discussed 1950s play by the Swiss author Max Frisch. In it, an otherwise decent citizen hosts arsonists in his attic, due to his naivete and misguided sense of propriety, and ends up assisting them in setting his own house on fire.
The play has been interpreted as an allusion to the surreptitious takeover of normal citizens and democratic societies by totalitarian socialism—be it Nazism or Communism. However, art has a life of its own. The play has been recently performed in Europe as a cautionary tale regarding the record numbers of immigrants welcomed by the West despite their criminal behavior and antagonistic values to their host countries.
A shocking example of Western countries’ suicidal policies, and a warning regarding our own “sanctuary cities,” is provided by the Swedish “no-go” zones—parallel societies in suburban areas where crime runs rampant, and the police are afraid to intervene. The Swedish Police Authority has euphemistically referred to these zones as “vulnerable areas,” and leftist media and politicians have tried extremely hard to deny their shocking reality. Stefan Hedlund writes:
The Scandinavian nation of 10.6 million people is facing a national crisis because of its failure to successfully integrate record numbers of immigrants….
After staying out of World War II, Sweden had evolved into a high-performing export-oriented economy, based on a stable parliamentary democracy and social consensus. The country had top-notch health care and education. It enjoyed social and gender equality, had low crime rates and little ethnic conflict. While grounds remain for optimism about some of these indicators, especially in the industrial sector, most have been transformed beyond recognition.
Present-day Sweden carries the dubious distinction of having the highest rate of gangland killings in Europe. It boasts the lowest average age of serious offenders, with children in their low teens being arrested for murder. Increasing segments of suburbs are officially classified as “especially vulnerable areas,” where it is “hard, bordering on impossible” for the police to operate. In layman’s terms, these are no-go zones, where local clans rule and where first responders will not enter without flak jackets and police escort….
The heavy influx of migrants from countries with Muslim populations could lead to a situation in which Sweden elects a radical Islamist party to parliament, potentially as early as the 2026 election…. While virtually all Swedes were Christians from the 12th to the early 20th centuries, that share has fallen to less than 60 percent today. It is not inconceivable that Sweden will have a majority Muslim population sometime this century. The trend is bound to energize Islamist circles that are calling for a divided legal system, where Sharia law applies for Muslim citizens.
Similar trends have emerged in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, and elsewhere in Western and Central Europe. Yet, anyone who speaks about protecting national interests, culture, sovereignty, and citizen safety is immediately branded by the Left as a fascist, Nazi, bigot, and, overall, an intellectually and morally inferior person. The police in these countries, as well as other public officials, are terrified of being called “Islamophobic” and prefer to turn a blind eye to horrendous crimes that plague the very populations they are appointed to protect.
Leftist ideologues prey upon the decency and sincere desire to help those less fortunate, shared by numerous people who were raised with Judeo-Christian values. The Left has succeeded in blurring a crucial distinction between individual kindness and voluntary compassion, on the one hand, and government policies that favor non-citizens with hostile values over the well-being of a nation’s citizens, on the other. As a result, millions of Westerners feel guilty for their relative prosperity and believe that supporting out-of-control immigration policies is a sign of virtue.
Totalitarian socialists are masterful manipulators who misrepresent the Christian concept of charity as government-enforced sacrifice. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Giving one of two shirts to the poor is a recommended voluntary act of kindness—it does not mean that one should remain shirtless and abide by a government-enforced absurdity to deprive oneself and one’s family in order to benefit a stranger. Similarly, loving one’s neighbor like oneself presupposes self-love, not self-hatred and policy-mandated self-destruction.
No individual is expected to welcome strangers into one’s home—especially if they feel entitled to the fruits of the host’s labor and threaten the host family’s wellbeing, safety, and way of life. Similarly, no country has any obligation to accept immigrants. To the extent that this may happen—on an individual or national basis—it should be treated as an extraordinary act of goodwill that warrants appreciation and respect for the host country’s laws and cultural values. Thus, immigrants to the United States who fled Nazim or Communism, for example, embraced American values with profound gratitude and made valuable contributions to American society.
When is some European country going to take pride in its Christian European heritage and invite white people to come live in traditional white European nation? Let them leave the farce of the European court of Human Rights that thinks everyone other than those of European heritage should immigrate to Europe.
The countries of Japan and South Korea are even worse off.
Plus Japan does not allow immigration.
China is also having a population crisis. All due to the one child policy. They have millions of young men that will never have a wife. There are literally not enough young women to marry. Recently they admitted their population dropped from 1.5 to 1.4 Billion. Keep in mind that .1 difference is 100 million people.
Italy is one of the worst in Europe. Which is why they are still selling houses for under $50K. Some are for sale for a Euro in small villages. All the young people in Italy want to live in the cities. All the opportunities are the northern half of the country.
What all of us first world countries have in common is that people from third world countries actually WANT to come here. They want to escape China and other places.
FYI, I had my roof replaced last week at my house here in NH. The entire crew of eight showed up in a van with MA plates. They were all from Ecuador. Six young men. Two women. Plus a white male foreman from MA. The roofers all looked like they were descendants of the Incas. None were much over 5’ tall. I witnessed one of the young women under 5’ tall pick up a bundle of shingles and climb up a ladder like nothing.
bring back the Blood Eagle...
France is the country that mobilized their media and popular culture to resist the cultural hegemony of Disney Land, Mickey Mouse and McDonalds french fries but now knuckle under to Islamic third world savages and their loudspeakers blasting out the calls to prayer five time a day.
No-Go Zone is New Speak for colony.
The very under rated Loral and Hardy film.
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