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Originally Posted by Draught Horse  Islam has defeated secularism in Europe (I don't know if that's a good thing or not). Europe has a low birth rate whereas Islam repopulates rather quickly. Europe will be practically gone, culturally speaking, in ten years. |
It's certainly going to be interesting when the population begins to threaten the welfare state. We're already seeing the cracks. Witness what happened when that movie director was killed by Muslims in Holland. I think the intellectuals are pretty cowed and impotent but much of the populace (that for now still is majority) may become increasingly agitated and violent. Remember, Europe's godlessness brought us the Holocaust. I wouldn't put anything past them now.
I have a friend that actually had a pretty good idea. Much of the reason Europe needs Muslims is a labor force. My friend only half-jokingly thought about writing the Pope and encouraging him to have European countries encourage immigration of people from the Phillipines. That's got to be one of the greatest anomalies on this planet: a population of greatly underprivileged people that are hard-working and have a great attitude about life. Somebody pointed out to me one time that, in the futurisitc book
Starship Troopers, the world language is Tagalic. Anyway, just a thought.
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So, back to Trevor's posts. I don't fully agree with him that we need to all learn Arabic, nor should Arabic take precedence over Latin, but he is right to point out the growing cultural power.
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We'll see. It's really hard to say. Arabic muslims actually don't even constitute the majority of the Muslim population - they just make most of the noise. It's actually in the Pacific and Africa where most reside. Arab Muslims also don't do themselves any favors in terms of their cultural and religious imperialism. They walk around with huge chips on their shoulder and have made whining about other people causing them woe a virtual art.
Islam itself, in the Middle East countries with oil, breeds laziness. I honestly cannot conceive of a lazier people than Arabic Muslims. I joked in another thread about a wonder of the Muslim world that is designed by Westerners and built by Third Country Nationals. There are always exceptions but, as a general rule, their work ethic stinks. They import all their labor because they have the resources to do so. Honestly, if we ever become energy independent and that region becomes impoverished again, it will be a backwater like it was for centuries. Their religion has infected them with a sloth that will eventually lead to their impoverishment. The UAE knows the writing is on the wall, which is why they're trying to become a financial and tourism mecca but that won't benefit the entire populace unless you fix the basic philosophy that breeds such laziness.