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Old 11-20-2018, 11:03 AM
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Great book. Details how Putin took the precepts of an earlier 20th Century Russian fascist and made it into his leadership philosophy and outlook on the world. Putin wants to hinder integration (the EU) since Russia cannot be integrated because it is not a democracy, and has weakened his country since now in Russia there is no succession principle for what comes next after Putin dies.

Trump, like Putin, has used the fear of an outsider (brown people wanting to come to the United States in a menacing caravan) to get Americans riled up while at the same time stealing from them in the process by passing a tax give away that benefits his family and other billionaires. Like Putin, Trump doesn't care what happens in the future to his country. In Russia Putin replaces fear of immigrants with fear of EU (and integration in a prosperous economic community) as the main boogeyman while stealing from his nation.
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Old 11-21-2018, 09:16 AM
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The Strange Death Of Europe
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Old 11-21-2018, 02:21 PM
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Such melodrama! DEATH of Europe!

What logic is there in calling the ebb and flow of cultures 'death' of anything?

Change is a constant through history.
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Old 11-21-2018, 08:32 PM
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The Strange Death Of Europe
Immigration Identity Islam

Douglas Murray
Needed to look it up
https://www.npr.org/2017/06/27/53459...of-immigration

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/b...migration.html
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Old 11-21-2018, 10:21 PM
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Me too. The Strange Case of Douglas Murray
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Old 11-24-2018, 09:42 AM
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A reasonable critique.
However what is undeniable: The mass migration, especially of Muslims, into the heart of Europe has severely destabilized it.
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Old 11-24-2018, 12:24 PM
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Despite my lack of sympathy with cultural/racial chauvinism, I do agree that when things can be managed with sensitivity to the liklihood and dangers of a big backlash, that's a good idea.
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Old 11-29-2018, 12:48 AM
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Hillary and John Kerry are now lecturing Europe on the negatives of mass immigration.
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Old 11-29-2018, 06:17 AM
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Hillary and John Kerry are now lecturing Europe on the negatives of mass immigration.
Who says that is what they are doing? What's the evidence?
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