R.I.P. Western Civilization?

Mark Steyn, one of my favorite conservative writers, today tackles the elephant in the living room, which till now has been tackled only by a select few such as George Weigel (see The Cube and The Cathedral).

Even when the events beg to have "the elephant" examined, for example, during the French riots, it is ignored in favor of causes such as unemployment.

The elephant, of course, is the upcoming collapse of much of Western Civilization due to a birth dearth, a vacuum which is being filled by the Muslims. My brother is visiting Europe this month; a visit I encouraged him to make - I told him that Europe may well largely become Eurabia during his lifetime.

Civilizations thrive or decline largely due to the birth rate. The birth rate is largely based on the balance of religious vs. secular values. Right now, especially in Europe, but throughout Western Civilization to one extent or another, there is a societal death wish, expressed in an absurdly low birth rate. People, in general, have decided "To Hell with the future; I'm going to get mine!" Europe is largely depopulating, and the vacuum is being filled with mostly Muslim immigrants. The irony, of course, is that the European secular democracies are hoping via mass immigration to prop up their welfare states (which of course require astronomical amounts of money) and by doing so, they are only hastening the transition of their societies to something quite different.

Anyway, of course, Mr. Steyn says all this much more eloquently than I...I encourage you to read the article! It's long but quite illuminating and rewarding.