Western Resistance

He's right of course. If the West continues on its demographic death spiral, if we continue "enjoying" life (I'm not sure we enjoy much of anything), instead of living it, if retirement communities--no children allowed--become the symbol of our civilization, the symbol will soon be empty. It is quite simple really; if majority group A has vastly fewer children than minority group B, group B will sooner or later replace group A as the majority group. I've brought this in conversation, in both 'real life' and cyberspace and I've never seen so many bright people run faster from a topic, let alone acknowledge the problem.

Why should a simple mathematical truth turn even mathematical savants, into political know-nothings?

Oh, we know the answer: it is not polite to bring this topic. You see, talking about it may lead us to take action, and any action we could possibly take is bound to violate one of our sacred values, which we ought not even dare bend a little, even though they got us into this mess. And so the cycle goes on; I, or some other socially impaired individual, brings up the topic, everybody else puts their hands on their ears, and goes "lah, lah, lah, laaah!"

No matter. My social skills won't be getting any better.

Now, let's go back to Mark Steyn.

Mr. Steyn mentions 'we are more likely to all be Muslim', as a throw-away line, almost as an unchanging truth. He is, of course, a columnist, and that's their job. What worries me is that such attitude, understandable in a columnist, seems to be the norm in our societies at large. "Oh, Europe is likely to become majority Muslim by 2100? Luckily, I'll be dead." Or take this one, which I've actually heard; "I don't have children because I want to save the planet, besides, having children is hard."

Listen, having children is hard. But so is partying night-to-morning every weekend in your early thirties because, you know, you have to enjoy life. And when you get older, let me tell you; bingo is not all that is cracked up to be.

Finally, allow me some outright preachiness: our civilization must survive. There is too much greatness, too much goodness in it, that we should let it die. We should find a way to save it, and if there is not a way, we should make it. We should reflect on what has gone wrong, and fix the problem. Our children, should we choose to have them, will thank us for it.