[Landru]

"Similarly, Western Civilization has over the course of a century or so, splitting into the Euro-sphere and the Anglo-sphere, with the Euro-sphere in decline, and the Anglo-sphere, though experiencing turmoil, has the potential to survive, and indeed thrive."

HA!!
Yea well maybe & maybe not.

One thing's almost guarenteed, though.
After all the "thriving's" finished we of today sure won't recognize what it became.

Primarily because.

...we've not a clue where it started. {g}

[Irish_Thatcherite]

...we've not a clue where it started. {g}

True! Where did Western Civilization start? Ancient Greece? Ancient Israel? Early Christian Ireland? The Franks? Medieval Britain?