Thanks for your response. I see that we all agree Europe would not continue for long as we now know it (not that that would be a bad thing in some aspects).
In addition to Europe’s youth, the Europeans of today might want to consider placing their art and other cultural treasures somewhere safe, like here in the U.S. because the inheritors of Europe are not likely to care for them as Europeans do. Can they dismantle St. Paul’s, or Notre Dame and rebuild it somewhere else? How much of European culture is portable because whatever isn’t portable is likely to be lost to either neglect or outright destruction by the new Europeans.
I believe there will come a point where the parasite overcomes the host and then we are all in trouble. Europe can satiate the radical Muslims only so long as it will support their 7th Century lifestyle and then, like happyathome said, it will metastacize (I know, mixed metaphors but it is early morning where I am posting).
Sad to say I think the real lifeblood of Europe either emigrated long ago or was destroyed in and prior to WW2. What’s left there now are the trust fund babies enjoying the dregs of the family legacy.
You raise thoughtful questions. I think European culture is fundamentally immobile. They could box up the contents of the Louvre and ship them to Sydney or New York, but it would not be the same thing. In addition, I’m not sure how many Americans want old Europe transplanted here. The Woody Allens of the world would love to wake up in the morning and step out the door into a faux Paris, but the folks in the heartland are quite happy surrounded by non-Europe, thank you very much.
The real question for us Americans is whether we’ll lend a hand if/when some Europeans with guts fight back (see earlier posts on Poles, Czechs, maybe Magyars and a few others). On the one hand we rail against western europe and it feels good to say “they deserve what they get.” I’m as guilty of that as the next conservative blogger. On the other hand, if the Polish nation rises up and fights back, I think lots of Americans would want to help.
I guess we won’t know until we get there (God forbid the dreadful predictions in this thread acually come true).