Posted on 11/23/2023 5:31:03 AM PST by MtnClimber
For the first time in a millennium, Europe no longer plays a critical role in promoting Western civilization nor in world history at large.
Ostensibly it should. Some 750 million people live on the European subcontinent.
Europe still remains the most popular tourist spot on earth. Its hallowed architecture, art, infrastructure, and natural beauty still remind millions of visitors of the world’s once most dynamic and grandiose civilization.
Even now, European nations, in and out of the Europe Union, still produce a combined gross domestic product of $24 trillion, second only to the United States.
Europe’s exports are among the world’s most coveted cars, sophisticated technology, and valued industrial goods.
Yet since World War II, Europe has played an increasingly reduced role in world affairs, despite its membership in the NATO alliance and the growth of the European Union.
Why?
The twentieth-century traumas of World War I and II—in which some 70 million Europeans were killed—saw Europe commit near collective suicide. The ensuing Cold War hinged on protecting a relatively unarmed Europe from an aggressive nuclear Soviet empire on Europe’s borders.
But as World War II and the Cold War faded into memory, Europe did not snap back and assume its centuries-old role as a world leader and beacon of Western Civilization.
Instead, a weary Europe outsourced its security to the United States. It redefined itself as a postmodern, pacifist, socialist utopian project—most recently predicated on redistributionist entitlements, open borders, and radical green policies that have all inevitably ensured European decline.
Europeans grew louder and whinier the less relevant they became.
Although Europe has large sources of untapped hydroelectrical, nuclear, coal, and natural gas power, its green religion has all but shut down new nuclear and fossil fuel generation and closed existing plants.
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Europe needs to flush the EU and get rid of the socialist politicians. Socialism is the problem.
VDH ping
The EU is genetically inferior as a result of losing the gene pool to two twentieth century wars. This includes Russia as well.
The question for history is are genetically damaged Europeans stronger than the Africans invading from the south? Are the Africans genetically inferior?
We’ll see
In sum, the world is safe only when a strong America, along side its European partner, secure their borders, protect the world’s sea- and air spaces, support constitutional and pro-Western nations, and deter thuggish belligerents.
Perhaps as war clouds gather and enemies multiply, Europe will rediscover its heritage and reawaken to its historical role.
Increasingly, a lonely U.S.—and the world at large—need the return of a sane and powerful European co-partner, one that emerges from its self-induced slumber, and resumes its ancient role in preserving civilization from its multiplying enemies.
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Europe is being taken over by the filth called islam(SPIT!), and won’t be back, anytime soon.
Europe has been on a downhill trend ever since they stopped calling it “Christendom”.
If it gets rid of electronic voting machines and secures its elections...
“Even now, European nations, in and out of the Europe Union, still produce a combined gross domestic product of $24 trillion, second only to the United States.”
Not really, if you get rid of the ‘fluff’ included in GNP and deal with production of REAL STUFF, then it’s China, US, EU (I think, although India may give them a run for the money).
Europe has been on a downhill trend ever since they stopped calling it “Christendom”.
Yep. And how much of what tourists flock to Europe to see, hear and visit has Christianity as its inspiration.
The Europeans need to take back their respective countries before all of their beautiful churches and their cultures disappear to be replaced by mosques and the darkness of muslim oppression.
I think it’s to late for Europe, they are dead and haven’t realized it yet, don’t worry we are heading full speed in the same direction.
Who is John Galt
If they stop immigration of muzzies and force them to set aside their pre-civilization ways, then there is hope.
If they let them come in by the millions and allow them to practice their pre-human savagery, then there is no hope.
“The EU is genetically inferior as a result of losing the gene pool to two twentieth century wars.”
That kind of thinking is way overdone. Europe lost at least half of its population to the Bubonic plague.
The Spanish flu killed about five percent of the world’s population.
VDH nails it again. The EU is the canary in the coal mine for the grand experiment the USA has embarked on of commie take over. Maybe people will note the failure of the EU in time to save the US.
If they grow enough balls to slaughter and run off the Muslims, yes.
.....a war-weary Europe, once a grandiose civilization, outsourced its security to the US........
It redefined itself as a postmodern, pacifist, socialist utopian project—predicated on redistributionism, entitlements, open borders, and a radical green religion that has all but shut down new nuclear and fossil fuel generation and closed existing plants........policies that have all inevitably ensured European decline.
Geert Wilders says yes.
The Yurps lost the will to achieve anything after the 2 world war. Gradually they lost their religion, their culture and even their fertility. The only things the elites in Europe care about are Gaia Worship and Socialism.
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