[ April 18, 2024 ]
The French philosopher Michel Onfray penned these lines in his last book, which was entitled Décadence: “Islam manifests what Nietzsche called ‘great health’: there are young soldiers ready to die for it. What are the values of our civilization? Supermarket and e-commerce, trivial consumerism and egotistical narcissism, vulgar hedonism or scooters for adults?” Onfray perfectly described the alienation of the Western millennials, the generation born between 1980 and 1995, the new Western adults.
Bernie Sanders, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and Jeremy Corbyn, the three stars of the Western radical left, have many things in common. No doubt the jackets, inspired by a certain socialist “authenticity”: too wide for the Vermont senator, Maoist for the former French minister, and hipster for the Labour leader. But above all, the three political agitators enjoy the support of the electorate that was born and lived when the ideological leftist myths of the three crippled. They are the “snowflakes,” as Bret Easton Ellis labelled the millennials.
They are the beloved children of the Western liberal and democratic globalization. But they are a very paradoxical generation. A Reason-Rupe poll showed that the majority of US millennials have a more favorable view of socialism than capitalism. Another Gallup poll speaks of 70 percent of those millennials who are ready to vote for a “socialist president,” having learned all about conservatism from comedians such as Jon Stewart. After Sanders, the millennial chose the French left-wing candidate, Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Then in the UK, it was the turn of Jeremy Corbyn.
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As the Telegraph’s journalist Allister Heath observed, in Eastern Europe, young people dreamed of the capitalist and democratic Western revolution. Today, the millennials of Iran dream of Western liberalism. And the millennials of Venezuela are desperately trying to flee their failed socialist economy. In the free West, ours millennials are attracted by Corbyn’s socialist and pro-Jihad utopia, in which the Labour leader flirts with all the anti-Western political groups, from Hamas to Hezbollah.
The Wall Street Journal ironically asked: “Is communism cool? Ask a millennial.” Millennials are one of the luckiest generations in history. They grew up in a world where economic and political freedoms were the rules rather than the exceptions. They are the children of Francis Fukuyama’s “end of history,” an era of optimism and post-ideological liberalism. Yet a survey by the Memorial for the victims of communism has found that barely half the millennials believe that communism is “a problem.” A quarter of the millennial expresses favorable views of Lenin and Mao. An example of this millennial debacle is the head of the UK student union (seven million members), Malia Bouattia, class 1987, a girl of Algerian origins, a fanatical pro-Corbyn activist who denounces “the Zionists” in the universities she represents.
A generation that hates risk. Personal, first of all. As a report by the Urban Institute demonstrated, millennial women have children at a slower pace than any generation in US history. A generation that 40 percent of which, as the Pew Forum revealed, would limit freedom of expression in the name of “diversity.” And they are crushing free speech in American universities through “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings.” A generation against economic risk (changing home, work, and contracting mortgages) and in favor of massive redistribution of wealth.
Present life is all that matters for them, a pleasant and comfortable life. In 1986, the Canadian filmmaker Denis Arcand produced the movie Le Déclin de l’empire americain, in which a university professor says: “The symptoms of the fall of the empire can be seen everywhere: the civilian population who despises their institutions, the collapse of the birth rate, the reluctance of males to join the army, the steady decrease in hours of work, the proliferation of officials, the élite degeneration. What we are experiencing is a general process of disintegration of existence.” He talked about the baby boomers, but the same could be said of the millennials.
It is the paradox of a generation, whose wealth and personal liberty are the fruits of post-1989 Western democratic capitalism, but who are now politically entrusting themselves to the most totalitarian politicians. They are snowflakes for which the word “socialism,” after all, has a good sound. Their cultural weakness, in which “the West” has no more meaning, is one of the reasons why we are not able to defeat Muslim supremacism. Our millennials don’t reproduce, don’t want to serve in the army, and don’t believe in their own civilization, but despise it as a legacy of colonialism, slavery and imperialism. They are doomed.
A generation, in fact, that the Jihadists are very easily massacring. On 13nd November 2015, a commando of French Muslim millennials butchered 90 non-Muslim millennials at the concert hall Le Bataclan. They had the same age and nationality, and just a few miles separated their worlds. But their worldview could not have been more different. The first millennials chanted “Allahu akbar” while they slaughtered young and girls. One year later, the French liberal millennials returned to the Bataclan to chant with Sting “Inshallah.” Two years later, another Muslim British millennial took the lives of many millennials in Manchester, during the concert of Ariana Grande. A few days later, a concert was hold to remember the victims. It didn’t look like a concert against terrorism, but like one for the victims of cancer. Puerile.
Giulio Meotti, cultural editor for Il Foglio, is an Italian journalist and author. He is the author of three books: A New Shoah: The Untold Story of Israel’s Victims of Terrorism (Encounter Books); J’Accuse: the Vatican Against Israel (Mantua Books), and La fine dell’Europa, about the Christian and demographic decline in Europe. He is a columnist at Arutz Sheva and his writings have appeared in publications including the Wall Street Journal, FrontPage, Commentary, and The Geller Report.
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20 Comments
6 years ago
How interesting, islam has been around for 1400 years, there are 57 islamic nations. Now, lets have a look at what kind of contributions to civilization and humanity that islam has given the world… that are original muslim work, not taken from civilizations and cultures destroyed by islam… All that really appears, is that due to the islamic penchant for post birth abortions, which keep some areas from becoming over populated, absolutely nothing.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Thank God there are people who question their lies and have exposed the truth. And their growing in number.
6 years ago
Reply to
Bradley Lexvold
And Like Fools Left/liberal Loons want to bring in more of these and then are surprised at jihadi attacks.
Did you know Like facebook , twitter, now even Google has joined Islamofascist gang http://tinyurl.com/lgp28rs
To censor conservative and Anti-jihadi news to push the islamisation agenda of the Left/Liberal/jihadis funded by saudi/qataris
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Absolutely nothing? pislam brought the koran the holy book of killing and destruction. Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” is Heidi and Peter in the Swiss Alps. pislam has shown the world lots of things, how to cheat, how to kill, how to deceit and the list goes on.
6 years ago
Reply to
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6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Yes, even in ancient times, the Arabs stole many of their “contributions” from the cultures and peoples they forcibly conquered.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Contributions to civilization? Well, they helped expedite the manufacturing process for bomb vests. And they’ve been instrumental in developing the nutritiously essential halal snack travel kit. For the jihadi ‘on the go’ who doesnt have a wife to cook for him, because he’s already killed her
6 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
They have also been transformational in revitalizing the concrete barricade and rape whistle industries! What a magical culture!
6 years ago
To me socialism is a chance to creatively, in a big way use the institutions to achieve, develop, cultivate accountability, efficiency, human rights, ecology, to manifest friendliness, truth, freedom & consciousness.
#BoycottIslam #Shariafreeworld
#Ban Islam, save lives worldwide & free the African slaves from Saudi Arabia to Mauritania, the Biafra-leader, the Leavenworth 10, Israeli soldier Azaria, Salim Masih & so on.
6 years ago
Some might believe that younger Muslims are less prone to radicalism than their elders, that they are more integrated and secular, but sadly, for some reason many younger Muslims seem to be more extreme, not less.
6 years ago
The fall of the Roman Empire was caused by similar attitudes among its younger people.
6 years ago
Reply to
karl59
Don’t lay the blame so squarely on the young. Most of the ones I’ve spoken to know that welfare schemes are giant Ponzi schemes, designed to make nations fall. (Usually takes a short explanation, but typically they do understand.)
6 years ago
Reply to
karl59
They were decadent, immoral bastards who sacked Jerusalem and had gladiatorial combat for entertainment purposes. Their emperors were some of the worst men who ever lived. Once the Roman Republic died there was nothing worth saving. I wish Israel had defeated Rome.
6 years ago
“the millennials of Venezuela are desperately trying to flee their failed socialist economy” I know that this is the MSM view but what seems more likely is that the wealthy in Venezuela are trying to reassert their tyranny just as it is being tried in Brasil. Just like Batistas are trying to make a come back in Cuba. The greed of the powerful stays the same, the only new thing is Cantservative writers trying to explain it away and change the thrust of the arguments about what a mess they have made of the world.
6 years ago
One of my friends complained about his sister’s herb smoking. I said considering the world is heading to islamic hell in a beheading basket what does it matter?
