Amazing how willfully ignorant Europeans have been going back two decades now regarding the actual impact of these changes on their society. It’s hard to tell how far things have to go before people wake up. Subsection of America is also unwilling to live in reality.
It's not just wilful ignorance; many Europeans are actually defending mass migration and its negative impact. A German politician was recently prosecuted by the German government for stoking racial tension, all because she spoke in public about the government's OWN STATISTICS that showed migrants from places like Afghanistan are up to 50x more likely to commit rape or sexual assault than Germans are.
It's insane. The government releases statistics, and then criminally prosecutes people for talking about it.
I know you are right about the censoring of data. What is their goal in your opinion and who is/will gain from this chaos and destruction ? It’s hard for me that a majority of the voters are consenting to this, so where are they, and why are citizens wishing their own demise ?
After years of thinking on this subject, I have only come to two conclusions as to why this is happening:
1. Flood Europe with people to increase the population and birth rate to ensure a rising population/economy/GDP.
2. Intentionally make Europe less safe, less culturally cohesive, and gradually destabilise it so governments can implement increasingly more authoritarian laws under the guide of "safety" and "security."
Those are the only two things that make sense. I believe it's likely a combination of both.
I have also thought about it and those seem to be the only logical ways to explain an insane situation. But it still doesn’t explain why so many citizens are going along with it and that’s what I can’t make sense of.
I am from and live in Colorado, depending on how much you follow US politics, we are the state the most closely mirrors the policies and consequences of Western Europe. 15 years ago and before we were one of the safest most desirable places to live in the country. We have been taken over by progressives, become an active sanctuary for illegals and drug addicted homeless and now have cartels from Mexico and Venezuelan gangs. And many people are against deportation.
{...and why are citizens wishing their own demise?...} Nobody wishes his/her own demise but when the electorate is too gullible and self-absorbed in consumerism, voting for plain traitors that do their best to make happen what is exposed in the video ...
In the long-run, everybody gets what he/she deserves ...
Even rabid Zionists and fundamental, evangelical Christians; just a matter of time, sometimes generations ...
I’ve long appreciated this blog for its thoughtful, nuanced perspectives, which is why the recent post on migration felt particularly disheartening. It echoed the kind of rhetoric typically found in reactionary financial spaces, rather than the balanced and compassionate insights I've come to expect here.
What’s especially difficult is seeing this narrative from someone like Sorelle, who has benefited from the freedom to migrate and purchase property across countries—a privilege not equally afforded to others, particularly those from marginalized racial, religious, or economic backgrounds. The difference in how migration is framed—acceptable when it involves certain people, unacceptable when it doesn’t—reveals an uncomfortable undercurrent of racial and class bias that shouldn’t be ignored.
There's a blatant disregard of any historical or political context which is truley disheartening -- much of Europe’s current wealth stems directly from the exploitation and colonisation of the very migrants that you claim are the problem. The wars people are running from were directly caused and backed by western powers for access to cheap oil It’s disingenuous to talk about migration without acknowledging this legacy or our ongoing responsibility to those displaced by it.
Your falling foul to the rhetoric the media globally wants to believe to distract us from the real problem; austerity, right-wing policies, and systemic disinvestment in public services. Blaming migrants ignores the broader economic and political choices that have led to inequality and unrest.
It's sad to see yet another blog swinging to the right to protect wealth and status rather than challenging the systems that cause wealth disparity. Not the content I have grown to respect and love from this blog. Consider me disappointed.
I suppose we cannot all be wealthy and free as this blog has so claimed for years!
Firstly, Sorelle is no longer involved in the company.
Secondly, I agree this email lacks significant historical context, much of which is impossible to address in an email of such a short length. But my point is not to address history. It’s to address the simple undeniable fact that mass migration is DEMONSTRABLY making Europe less safe for Europeans, which is a fact. Whatever led to it is a point to discuss, definitely, but it doesn’t change the fact of what’s happening now which needs to be addressed in the moment. We can’t change the past, but we can address a growing issue now.
The simple fact is this: mine and millions of other European resident’s taxes are going to fund the decline in safety and security of the continent we live on. We have every right to want to oppose that.
Also, this has nothing to do with racism. I criticise growing crime by Balkan migrants. You are aware Balkan people are white Europeans, right? Or will you ignore that to peddle a simple “racism” narrative?
This topic is heavy and it shows how brainwashed people in the west are not seing this problem.
Its also my first time using this app and I hate it allready. It deletes replies if your phone goes to sleep or you jump between apps before sending it.
I hope things get better in Sweden; I love your country. I've got a bunch of friends in Stockholm, and I've been snowboarding in Åre a few times. One of the most epic countries on the planet, and sad to see how far it's fallen. Sweden will be the topic of the 2nd video on our new YouTube channel coming later this month. I hope it reaches the right people.
P.S. - Love the Simon Kaggwa profile picture haha.
Even when the topic was quite triggering, I still tried to read through this newsletter as calmly and openly as I could. I appreciate and respect your view, and research that was made.
I’m writing to you from Ukraine, and wanted to share some thoughts.
Though I can see and feel the point you are trying to make, it feels like the most important issue is left out of sight - the loss of humanity. It’s not the taxes, not the money, not the “troubled people”. The world if falling apart because we are in biggest in years era of Division. “Us versus them”, “bad ones, good ones”, “left and right” and so on. No matter of changing of migration policy will help with that… it will get worse.
I fled to my friends in Europe, fled from bombs and missiles, left literally everything behind. Worked hard, didn’t ask for anything, basically would say was perfect refugee/migrant. And through my time there I heard so much crap, witnessed so much of racism, that I never thought was possible. In the heart of Europe. People were turning on their fellow citizens, complaining and criticizing, but all behind the backs. Because no one could show their true feelings- otherwise they would be judged. There are so many smiling people with so much suppressed anger. And doesn’t matter how hard you tried - you never would be accepted for who you are. Always a “immigrant asking for money”. And so less people ready to look deeper and see what matters.
Golden cage with unhappy souls.
As you mentioned unhappiness expresses itself as violence, and that’s what I see. I see suffering under the mask and it’s about to explode. As in people who were suffering before they came to Sweden. They just couldn’t hold it inside anymore, they were not thought to mask and silence themselves as westerners.
There are darkness everywhere, and accountability should also be everywhere.
Responsibility of creating devision amongst people is a huge rock to carry.
This is war. People need to choose what they want to create.
And nobody leaves their home because they feel happy.
Heal people, uplift them, make them see what can be created. But it will not strive and grow with the intention to separate, divide and make some idea more superior then other.
Mentality “us vs them” lead us where we are now as humanity. And seems like even with such history and repeated cycles- we can’t learn.
I still hope it’s possible.
Hope that even in this times hearts still can be open.
Believe me - money is nothing. Safety is illusory. Stability is the most unstable concept.
I completely understand your point of view. However, you're missing a clear distinction here.
I specifically stated in the newsletter not all migrants commit crimes (in fact, most never commit crimes at all) and that it's specifically migrants from certain parts of the world that are detrimental to Europe; namely those that don't share European values, most of them from the Middle East and North Africa.
There has been no migrant crime spike from Ukrainians in Europe. I have zero problems with Ukrainian refugees and migrants in Europe, because the data shows this isn't detrimental to Europe. Unfortunately, we cannot say the same about migrants from other parts of the world.
We should always have compassion for people whose lives are worse than ours. Ukraine is a perfect example of this. By welcoming Ukrainians into the EU, it's not damaging Europe. Poland has let in an estimated 2 million+ Ukrainians into their country, and has suffered no adverse effects. In fact, it's added to their economy, and hasn't lowered safety standards. That's likely because Ukraine has similar values to Europe as a whole. The Middle East and North Africa does not.
However, Germany, France, the UK, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland... I could go on, have ALL suffered significant detrimental effects for bringing in en masse migrants from the Middle East, North Africa, and to an extent the Balkans. Their women are getting raped in higher numbers, violent crimes are committed significantly more by certain migrants there (at a rate up to 5-10x that of locals), etc. Europe should not accept this. We should not make the lives of our people worse by letting in people from certain parts of the world.
To summarise, I have no problem with migration when it doesn't damage Europe. Ukrainian migration isn't damaging Europe. I have a serious problem with migrants that are making Europe less safe, less secure, and less prosperous. And that's not what your people are doing to us. It IS what certain migrants are, however.
To summarise; not all migrants are equally beneficial for Europe. The numbers don't lie.
Leon, can you help me re-access AntiCitizen's Bunker? I bought the product but, suddenly everything went silent on it. Haven't heard from you or Matt about it and haven't received any replies to my emails. Looking forward to connect via Direct Messages.
Hey Nikkhiel — absolutely yes. Did you email about this or just message here? I haven’t seen any emails from you as yet. Though I’ll check today. I’ll send you an email to the address you used to sign up to the Bunker.
I have enjoyed and respected Sorelle and you but I don't know about this.
I find it more than slightly off-putting to claim that taxes are funding the downfall of a country. It would be equally true, and more accurate, to say that taxes are funding the rebuilding of a country. Without them, the country doesn't exist.
It is only the privileged that benefit from cutting taxes without reasoning. Obviously taxes, when used, should be purposeful. But let me tell you you'd be a fool to think they aren't. There will always be waste, fraud and abuse. Everywhere. But what the absolute **** is the alternative?
It is true that Sweden made a huge mistake in its migration policies. And now we're paying for it in blood. I hate that. But to say that this is the downfall of the Swedish nation.
Really?
It is incomparable to the true danger that resides in criminal networks working in the state, as in nations like Mexico and Brazil.
Also, should we abandon the country like cowards or work to make it better?
Should we stop paying taxes because of that?
Is it in the pursuit of freedom you enjoy the benefits of high taxes as a child, only to scoff at it as an adult when you make more money than you need?
I get that money is good and a worthy pursuit. But that doesn't have to come at the expense of ditching the country that fed and raised you at a high cost. Isn't it dubious to move to countries who still condone slavery and who use taxes for the corrupt ends of circle-jerking "business deals" between the few extremely wealthy families in charge and call it freedom? *cough* UAE *cough*
I don't know. It just tilts me to toss in the whole "Together against Taxes" narrative into the story of how Sweden naively brought in masses of cultural strangers into its country. As if the people of Sweden had no hand in that. It was all just those darn pesky taxes, right?
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To summarise a very long answer I was going to write, I can simplify it all in one line. You wrote "Should we stop paying taxes because of that?". My answer is, yes: if your taxes aren't going to making your nation better, and the quality of life is declining instead of improving while you're paying for it, you should absolutely stop paying tax.
If you were paying more each year for Netflix, but they kept cutting the library as the price rose, how long until you'd cancel the service?
It's astonishing how you can unabashedly compare a nation to a spare-time hobby service.
It seems almost like you aren't aware of the million ways in which you rely on the nation you live in every day to be able to run your business.
Let's assume you live in Sweden.
Every second you breathe, people are protecting you from invasion from a foreign nation. There are a vast amount of people who will die for you to live simply because you live in that nation.
The country ensures there is food to buy and regulates it to ensure it doesn't poison or harm you.
People are building the roads you walk and drive on. They're ensuring your house isn't built on unsafe types of earth that would smother it and spell your death unwittingly.
They are taking care of and educating your friends' children.
You get access to health care and continuously improved treatments from research into diseases and conditions that you will likely contract when you're older. They'll take care of your grandmother if she is rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.
I don't know how you reasoned when you compared a nation to Netflix and I'm not sure I want to know.
I don't even know why I'm replying at this point, or what is going on here but I don't like it anymore. I will go now. I hope you will appreciate your nation more going forward.
Why is it that if a service gets worse in any field at all it’s right to not want to pay for it anymore, but when it’s arguably the most important service on Earth, our government and their performance in making our lives better or worse, it’s not okay to want to stop paying for that service?
I’m very thankful for my nation and the quality of life it’s provided me for most of my life. However, that quality of life is demonstrably degrading in almost all the west, and that’s the fault of those who govern us. It’s perfectly normal for me to want to oppose that decline, and to not want to pay for it.
if our governments were run like companies, and our leaders suffered the same consequences for failure or underperformance, our nations wouldn’t be getting worse.
I hear you and frustration is valid. It sucks that things aren't unilaterally getting better and indeed has become worse in areas.
I just wish you'd see that, and think "How can I use my genius to help them improve" instead of framing the ground you walk on as the enemy for not being as good as we all want it to be.
Regarding being a service. The nation may be of service to you but it is not a service. Without the citizens vote there is no citizenship. There's blind rule. No participation. Probably even more taxes, for way worse reasons. And violent repercussions to disobedience.
The notion of opting out from paying taxes as a form of civil disobedience has been used in the past to varying degrees of success. It would be understandable, and perhaps even useful. What you referred to in the article did not strike me as that.
It appears as 'how to bypass taxes completely and still enjoy all the liberties and benefits that society grants me. While keeping up appearances to be performing civil disobedience for the sake of change".
Scaled up, this type of "in the dark" organization just means society has less means to make changes. It makes me believe you do not want change, but a way to justify riding on the back of others enjoying vast wealth while pointing the middle finger to the rest of the nation. It doesn't appear to me as if you'd start paying taxes if you saw an improvement in the area you are complaining about.
You write about raising a daughter, and I think that's a very real and grounded anchor for desiring change.
So why are you not speaking of how to make that change? Instead of making money instructing people on how to not pay taxes and watching the world burn without trying to help. Documenting what you describe as its downfall.
Or are you using the taxes you didn't pay to donate it all to organizations that do help pay for the benefits you are enjoying for free, or 0 taxes as you advertise it? You could talk about that in that case.
You can wish for me to see things the way you want me to see them, but that doesn’t mean your way is correct.
I base my opinions on facts and figures. The hard facts and figures show that for the last decade or two, life has become demonstrably worse in almost every metric in almost every Western nation: education, health, unaffordability, government surveillance, authoritarianism, opportunity, safety, crime, etc. How long should we accept this and expect it to improve when it doesn’t?
No. The only way to make a change is by stripping our governments of the ability to mismanage and waste our funds to our detriment, and force them to be accountable.
The nation is a service. Citizenship depends on me providing my loyalty to my nation, in exchange for the guarantee of safety, security, and opportunity. Our leaders are not holding up their share of the bargain, so why should we?
To answer your question, even though it might not be intended to be answered:
You can't expect something to improve, or change, by doing nothing. You are perfectly right in that we shouldn't accept this decline. But as far as I can see you're funneling that emotion into a new monetization scheme, instead of pursuing change. And that is where I'm concerned.
Consider these questions, they could just be food for speculation and don't need an answer. But I'm genuinely curious as your mindset is so far from my own. I want to see if you're genuine about this or exploitative as I interpreted your article. I like to challenge my beliefs.
How are you getting the leaders to make a positive change by privately monetizing not paying taxes?
How are you serving yourself at the expense of all others by monetizing not paying taxes?
Would you pay your taxes if the government provided the change you desire? How close to the perfect nation would it need to be before you 'opt in'?
If it did come to pass without your aid, why do you deserve to partake in a society you didn't help build? As in, without paying for building it when everyone else did?
The MAJOR reason the newcomers defended their traditions in ways that eventually ended in violence, is BECAUSE the native nationalists treated them like invaders from the very start - as outsiders that didn't belong. If they had been welcomed as equals, treated with respect and as part of the community, the situation would have NEVER devolved into violence.
In addition, the native nationalists frequently engage in false flag events and false propaganda to make it SEEM that the newcomers are criminals, etc.
Those are the fundamental reasons, that a country with significant immigration, descends into chaos.
After all, we are ALL just people trying to live in a measure of dignity while caring for our families. We are ALL the same in FAR more ways than we are different. And those differences are what make us RICHER, in many different ways.
So are you suggesting that Sweden is just using false propaganda to make it seem migrants are disproportionately represented as criminals? If that's your suggestion, I can unequivocally tell you you're wrong. Sweden did the exact opposite of that, hiding statistics for years so as not to stoke racial tension.
And are you suggesting that it's the host nation's fault that, for some reason, Afghans (just to give one example) in Germany, Sweden, Norway, and many other nations are 30-50x more likely to be sexual offenders than natives? It's the host nation's fault that this seems to be something that Afghans seem to do everywhere they go? Or could it be just the simple truth that Afghan culture makes men more prone to rape and sexual violence than basically all Europeans?
It seems like you're attempting to make excuses for massive cultural differences.
I'm saying that in more cases than not, it's the native nationalists, or those that strive to take power by appealing to those folks fears, who are in some way largely responsible for the ensuing chaos. Might not be in every case, in fact it obviously is NOT in every case, but IMHO, it is true in the majority of cases.
In America, immigrant populations, in general, commit crime at LOWER rates than the native population. We are safer and safer as more immigrants come into the country. They feel lucky to be here - why would they jeopardize that by committing crime?
Well unfortunately for you, this is not what’s happening in a lot of Europe. The numbers don’t lie.
While most migrants never commit any crimes at all, migrants (especially those from the Balkans, North Africa and the Middle East) are disproportionately likely to be criminals when compared to natives (especially when it comes to sexual crimes), at least in the nations we have figures for in places like Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Netherlands, France, Belgium, and others.
Have you considered that the possibility of WHY this trend is different in Europe than it is in the United States?
Probably because crimes rates are SO low in those countries (because they invest in education and a strong middle class, unlike the USA), that even "normal" amounts of crime seem noticeably higher than average.
I don't know that that is the case in those countries, but I'm sure it's a contributing factor.
Obviously, ANY crime committed by ANYONE, esp sex crimes, is horrific - and criminals should be dealt with quickly and without question.
But almost ALL of us were immigrants at one time or another in our pasts - so it's better we deal with it with grace, compassion, and equality, than the opposite - which NEVER works out well - for the immigrants OR the native population.
Firstly, there is a clear difference between the mass migration that's come across the US southern border, when compared to Europe's mass migration. That is, overwhelmingly mass migration in Europe is by Islamic people, whereas in the US it's coming from people who are culturally Christian or Catholic. This is probably why migrants into the USA are generally more thankful and commit fewer crimes per capita, whereas in Europe, the migrants coming in are fundamentally opposed to Western society and in fact are taught to hate it in their religious doctrine. The migration coming into the USA is not the same as the migration coming into Europe.
Secondly, I will reiterate that not all migrants in Europe commit crimes. Most never do. But if an increase in migration is causing a demonstrable massive spike in crime, all migration needs to stop, or be heavily stemmed. Migrants are overwhelmingly more likely to commit crimes than locals, and make life for locals worse. It's normal for our society to want to oppose our lives getting worse to let others into our nations.
Europe has a long history of nationalism, xenophobia and racism, and the above arguments in the article can easily and nicely fit in that kind of narrative.
If Sweden made a mistake with the immigration, well closing the door to all immigrants will be a huge mistake and will not solve other important problems like this:
Every place on earth has a history of xenophobia and nationalism.
But why is it that European nations have to accept the destruction of their nations via crime bring driven overwhelmingly by migrants? This isn’t a racist argument (because crime stats in Sweden show white European migrants from the Balkans are also driving a spike in crime), but yet it could be a nationalistic one. Why should Sweden not want to be Swedish, especially when being less Swedish is demonstrably making the country less safe?
Swedish, Europe, the US are suffering from Nationalism and Xenophobia and there is no excuse for that.
Sweden can put in jail all the criminals from wherever place they came from and close the borders if they want, however other problems will remain.
Nationalism is just an idea we human beings create to belong to one group one identity, however my argument is that supporting that in extreme can easily be overdone and overstep, and Europe needs to be careful with that.
It's funny how you suggest only Western nations are nationalistic. China, India, Thailand, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and literally DOZENS of other nations around the world are significantly more nationalistic than the west. Try becoming a senator, prime minister, or holding any political position in most of the world's nations if you're not ethnically from there—it's impossible. Yet this is something very common in the West. But you only tar the West with being nationalistic.
There is nothing wrong with nationalism. It's not wrong to want to preserve your nation's culture, traditions, heritage, and ideologies. Yet whenever I hear people talking about "nationalism bad" they only do it when it comes to the West. Nobody ever targets non-European nations with that.
Why is that?
I'm sure if Europeans were replacing 30% of Thailand's population, changing its culture, and making it less safe, you would think that was bad. So why isn't it equally bad if it happens to the West? If you don't have equal morals on this issue, you're not acting in good faith. It's likely you're approaching it via ideology and not logic.
What if conditions were descent, and there weren't a pressing reason to leave their country?
Were the countries that people migrate away from, have those countries always been undesirable places? If not, how did they get there?
So far, running away from problems seems to be popular, however, does that solve the problem in the long run? The one's that do harm must be held accountable.
Funny thing is harm tends to breed more harm: A disgruntled person might act out, which in turn multiplies the harm.
At the root of it, I think corruption is the invisible cause of misery, where things starts small, and eventually it grows big enough to create a major problem.
Unfortunately, corruption is very hard to end entirely.
I totally understand your point: if I were in the position of being able to flee a bad place, and could be welcomed into a safe, open, welfare state where the taxpayers of that nation paid for my existence, I would do that too.
But here’s my main point: we should have empathy for people wanting to flee parts of the world that are not as good as ours. However, we should draw the line when bringing some of these people in is demonstrably resulting in a lack of social cohesion, an increase in rape and violence, and large amounts of our tax money funding the decline of our nations in this regard.
We shouldn’t improve the lives of others while at the same time reducing the safety and security of our lives and those of our children and grandchildren.
I think that immigrant and cultural trauma is the variable that isn't looked at, nor does it factor into govt policy on immigration. As an ethnic woman of color... I can tell you that patriarchal cultures breed trauma. Because they abuse their wives and children. The more misogynistic the culture, the higher the trauma. Then those children grow up to be walking trauma-bodies, because of course there's no healing offered or sanctioned in those cultures. Add to that: war, very high rape stats, ethnic or religious genocide... what kind of humans are western countries welcoming in? Highly dysfunctional, misogynist, traumatized humans. The stats in countries like Sweden are a direct reflection of this.
I don't know what the solution would be to this... even if you made somatic-based therapy/healing a requisite for new immigrants, how are you going to unwind thousands of years of patriarchy and misogyny? Especially when it is taught and reinforced by their religion?
Banker to the Poor - Muhammad Yunus and Half The Sky - Kristof & WuDunn seem to have the best solutions I've seen thus far. So maybe govt policy should focus on grass-roots support and opportunities for women IN their own country, rather than moving all their family's problems, oppression, abuse and trauma to a new country.
Exactly, but my argument isn’t that we should provide therapy to these people after we bring them in. My argument is that we shouldn’t bring them in the first place.
Afghanistan is a perfect example of this: it’s a society with incredibly different values than Europe, that gives women basically zero rights. This is probably a massive part of the reason that in in Germany, Afghan migrants are up to 30x or more likely to commit rape or sexual assault in Germany than a German is.
The answer to this is not to let them at the risk of German women being raped more and hopefully rehabilitating them (which isn’t guaranteed). The answer is to not have German taxpayers funding the reduction in safety of their women in the first place.
I'm not sure you read my whole comment... See the last paragraph:
"So maybe govt policy should focus on grass-roots support and opportunities for women IN their own country, rather than moving all their family's problems, oppression, abuse and trauma to a new country."
It seems that govt policy is that we have a moral obligation to help those less fortunate.
But *I am agreeing with you* that letting them into Western countries is NOT the solution. If govt policy needs to assist oppressed humans - then do so with support structures (as outlined in the two books I recommended) in their native countries.
Hi Leon and friends. With all the climate change and resource and economic proxy wars almost western countries are involved in, mass migration isn't going to stop unless we're ok with intentionally killing people who can no longer live on the countries they grew up in. The question I'd be asking is why is this happening? What is the social infrastructure and healing infrastructure that's missing? I've been in various Syrian war refugee apartment complexes in Germany and there weren't even central kitchens or any kitchens because they were office buildings, not enough bathrooms. Then there were no activities for healing or sense of purpose, no communal kitchens or gathering spaces. Lots of men with zero purpose, zero jobs, when they do get job interviews, if they do, high degrees of racism and fear. When people are isolated, alienated, disconnected from cultural practices, purpose-less, doing nothing of service, plus having lots of trauma that needs to be processed in the body, it does weird things to humans. Anger and aggression set on with anyone who is isolated. Mass migration is inevitable, I think we need to get way better at intercultural spaces and bridging work and look at the roots of these forms of violence.
When that was written, the refugees were Irish and Italian and Polish, coming from Catholic cultures, sharing the basic values of the USA.
Those aren't the huddled masses and wretched refuse that he's writing about in this essay. These masses have no idea why they're so miserable and why their societies have been torn apart. Not only that, their traumatized minds are unable to appreciate the opportunities they've been given.
My comment is on the basic idea of National Suicide. I think Trump's tariffs are going to be hard on the global economy. Trumps extreme moves indicate irrational thought and irrational thought indicates mental illness.
Amazing how willfully ignorant Europeans have been going back two decades now regarding the actual impact of these changes on their society. It’s hard to tell how far things have to go before people wake up. Subsection of America is also unwilling to live in reality.
It's not just wilful ignorance; many Europeans are actually defending mass migration and its negative impact. A German politician was recently prosecuted by the German government for stoking racial tension, all because she spoke in public about the government's OWN STATISTICS that showed migrants from places like Afghanistan are up to 50x more likely to commit rape or sexual assault than Germans are.
It's insane. The government releases statistics, and then criminally prosecutes people for talking about it.
I know you are right about the censoring of data. What is their goal in your opinion and who is/will gain from this chaos and destruction ? It’s hard for me that a majority of the voters are consenting to this, so where are they, and why are citizens wishing their own demise ?
After years of thinking on this subject, I have only come to two conclusions as to why this is happening:
1. Flood Europe with people to increase the population and birth rate to ensure a rising population/economy/GDP.
2. Intentionally make Europe less safe, less culturally cohesive, and gradually destabilise it so governments can implement increasingly more authoritarian laws under the guide of "safety" and "security."
Those are the only two things that make sense. I believe it's likely a combination of both.
I have also thought about it and those seem to be the only logical ways to explain an insane situation. But it still doesn’t explain why so many citizens are going along with it and that’s what I can’t make sense of.
I am from and live in Colorado, depending on how much you follow US politics, we are the state the most closely mirrors the policies and consequences of Western Europe. 15 years ago and before we were one of the safest most desirable places to live in the country. We have been taken over by progressives, become an active sanctuary for illegals and drug addicted homeless and now have cartels from Mexico and Venezuelan gangs. And many people are against deportation.
{...It’s hard for me that a majority of the voters are consenting to this...} BINGO !!! {...so where are they ?...} Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G45WthPTo24
{...and why are citizens wishing their own demise?...} Nobody wishes his/her own demise but when the electorate is too gullible and self-absorbed in consumerism, voting for plain traitors that do their best to make happen what is exposed in the video ...
In the long-run, everybody gets what he/she deserves ...
Even rabid Zionists and fundamental, evangelical Christians; just a matter of time, sometimes generations ...
I’ve long appreciated this blog for its thoughtful, nuanced perspectives, which is why the recent post on migration felt particularly disheartening. It echoed the kind of rhetoric typically found in reactionary financial spaces, rather than the balanced and compassionate insights I've come to expect here.
What’s especially difficult is seeing this narrative from someone like Sorelle, who has benefited from the freedom to migrate and purchase property across countries—a privilege not equally afforded to others, particularly those from marginalized racial, religious, or economic backgrounds. The difference in how migration is framed—acceptable when it involves certain people, unacceptable when it doesn’t—reveals an uncomfortable undercurrent of racial and class bias that shouldn’t be ignored.
There's a blatant disregard of any historical or political context which is truley disheartening -- much of Europe’s current wealth stems directly from the exploitation and colonisation of the very migrants that you claim are the problem. The wars people are running from were directly caused and backed by western powers for access to cheap oil It’s disingenuous to talk about migration without acknowledging this legacy or our ongoing responsibility to those displaced by it.
Your falling foul to the rhetoric the media globally wants to believe to distract us from the real problem; austerity, right-wing policies, and systemic disinvestment in public services. Blaming migrants ignores the broader economic and political choices that have led to inequality and unrest.
It's sad to see yet another blog swinging to the right to protect wealth and status rather than challenging the systems that cause wealth disparity. Not the content I have grown to respect and love from this blog. Consider me disappointed.
I suppose we cannot all be wealthy and free as this blog has so claimed for years!
Firstly, Sorelle is no longer involved in the company.
Secondly, I agree this email lacks significant historical context, much of which is impossible to address in an email of such a short length. But my point is not to address history. It’s to address the simple undeniable fact that mass migration is DEMONSTRABLY making Europe less safe for Europeans, which is a fact. Whatever led to it is a point to discuss, definitely, but it doesn’t change the fact of what’s happening now which needs to be addressed in the moment. We can’t change the past, but we can address a growing issue now.
The simple fact is this: mine and millions of other European resident’s taxes are going to fund the decline in safety and security of the continent we live on. We have every right to want to oppose that.
Also, this has nothing to do with racism. I criticise growing crime by Balkan migrants. You are aware Balkan people are white Europeans, right? Or will you ignore that to peddle a simple “racism” narrative?
Thank you.
As a swede I thank you for this post!
This topic is heavy and it shows how brainwashed people in the west are not seing this problem.
Its also my first time using this app and I hate it allready. It deletes replies if your phone goes to sleep or you jump between apps before sending it.
I hope things get better in Sweden; I love your country. I've got a bunch of friends in Stockholm, and I've been snowboarding in Åre a few times. One of the most epic countries on the planet, and sad to see how far it's fallen. Sweden will be the topic of the 2nd video on our new YouTube channel coming later this month. I hope it reaches the right people.
P.S. - Love the Simon Kaggwa profile picture haha.
Hi Leon,
Even when the topic was quite triggering, I still tried to read through this newsletter as calmly and openly as I could. I appreciate and respect your view, and research that was made.
I’m writing to you from Ukraine, and wanted to share some thoughts.
Though I can see and feel the point you are trying to make, it feels like the most important issue is left out of sight - the loss of humanity. It’s not the taxes, not the money, not the “troubled people”. The world if falling apart because we are in biggest in years era of Division. “Us versus them”, “bad ones, good ones”, “left and right” and so on. No matter of changing of migration policy will help with that… it will get worse.
I fled to my friends in Europe, fled from bombs and missiles, left literally everything behind. Worked hard, didn’t ask for anything, basically would say was perfect refugee/migrant. And through my time there I heard so much crap, witnessed so much of racism, that I never thought was possible. In the heart of Europe. People were turning on their fellow citizens, complaining and criticizing, but all behind the backs. Because no one could show their true feelings- otherwise they would be judged. There are so many smiling people with so much suppressed anger. And doesn’t matter how hard you tried - you never would be accepted for who you are. Always a “immigrant asking for money”. And so less people ready to look deeper and see what matters.
Golden cage with unhappy souls.
As you mentioned unhappiness expresses itself as violence, and that’s what I see. I see suffering under the mask and it’s about to explode. As in people who were suffering before they came to Sweden. They just couldn’t hold it inside anymore, they were not thought to mask and silence themselves as westerners.
There are darkness everywhere, and accountability should also be everywhere.
Responsibility of creating devision amongst people is a huge rock to carry.
This is war. People need to choose what they want to create.
And nobody leaves their home because they feel happy.
Heal people, uplift them, make them see what can be created. But it will not strive and grow with the intention to separate, divide and make some idea more superior then other.
Mentality “us vs them” lead us where we are now as humanity. And seems like even with such history and repeated cycles- we can’t learn.
I still hope it’s possible.
Hope that even in this times hearts still can be open.
Believe me - money is nothing. Safety is illusory. Stability is the most unstable concept.
With all respect, wish all the best.
I completely understand your point of view. However, you're missing a clear distinction here.
I specifically stated in the newsletter not all migrants commit crimes (in fact, most never commit crimes at all) and that it's specifically migrants from certain parts of the world that are detrimental to Europe; namely those that don't share European values, most of them from the Middle East and North Africa.
There has been no migrant crime spike from Ukrainians in Europe. I have zero problems with Ukrainian refugees and migrants in Europe, because the data shows this isn't detrimental to Europe. Unfortunately, we cannot say the same about migrants from other parts of the world.
We should always have compassion for people whose lives are worse than ours. Ukraine is a perfect example of this. By welcoming Ukrainians into the EU, it's not damaging Europe. Poland has let in an estimated 2 million+ Ukrainians into their country, and has suffered no adverse effects. In fact, it's added to their economy, and hasn't lowered safety standards. That's likely because Ukraine has similar values to Europe as a whole. The Middle East and North Africa does not.
However, Germany, France, the UK, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland... I could go on, have ALL suffered significant detrimental effects for bringing in en masse migrants from the Middle East, North Africa, and to an extent the Balkans. Their women are getting raped in higher numbers, violent crimes are committed significantly more by certain migrants there (at a rate up to 5-10x that of locals), etc. Europe should not accept this. We should not make the lives of our people worse by letting in people from certain parts of the world.
To summarise, I have no problem with migration when it doesn't damage Europe. Ukrainian migration isn't damaging Europe. I have a serious problem with migrants that are making Europe less safe, less secure, and less prosperous. And that's not what your people are doing to us. It IS what certain migrants are, however.
To summarise; not all migrants are equally beneficial for Europe. The numbers don't lie.
Leon, can you help me re-access AntiCitizen's Bunker? I bought the product but, suddenly everything went silent on it. Haven't heard from you or Matt about it and haven't received any replies to my emails. Looking forward to connect via Direct Messages.
Hey Nikkhiel — absolutely yes. Did you email about this or just message here? I haven’t seen any emails from you as yet. Though I’ll check today. I’ll send you an email to the address you used to sign up to the Bunker.
Great! I have shared the registered email via the Direct Message.
I have enjoyed and respected Sorelle and you but I don't know about this.
I find it more than slightly off-putting to claim that taxes are funding the downfall of a country. It would be equally true, and more accurate, to say that taxes are funding the rebuilding of a country. Without them, the country doesn't exist.
It is only the privileged that benefit from cutting taxes without reasoning. Obviously taxes, when used, should be purposeful. But let me tell you you'd be a fool to think they aren't. There will always be waste, fraud and abuse. Everywhere. But what the absolute **** is the alternative?
It is true that Sweden made a huge mistake in its migration policies. And now we're paying for it in blood. I hate that. But to say that this is the downfall of the Swedish nation.
Really?
It is incomparable to the true danger that resides in criminal networks working in the state, as in nations like Mexico and Brazil.
Also, should we abandon the country like cowards or work to make it better?
Should we stop paying taxes because of that?
Is it in the pursuit of freedom you enjoy the benefits of high taxes as a child, only to scoff at it as an adult when you make more money than you need?
I get that money is good and a worthy pursuit. But that doesn't have to come at the expense of ditching the country that fed and raised you at a high cost. Isn't it dubious to move to countries who still condone slavery and who use taxes for the corrupt ends of circle-jerking "business deals" between the few extremely wealthy families in charge and call it freedom? *cough* UAE *cough*
I don't know. It just tilts me to toss in the whole "Together against Taxes" narrative into the story of how Sweden naively brought in masses of cultural strangers into its country. As if the people of Sweden had no hand in that. It was all just those darn pesky taxes, right?
I don't want to be controversial here buuuuuuuuUUUuuuuuuuuuut
Anyway, Peace!
To summarise a very long answer I was going to write, I can simplify it all in one line. You wrote "Should we stop paying taxes because of that?". My answer is, yes: if your taxes aren't going to making your nation better, and the quality of life is declining instead of improving while you're paying for it, you should absolutely stop paying tax.
If you were paying more each year for Netflix, but they kept cutting the library as the price rose, how long until you'd cancel the service?
It's astonishing how you can unabashedly compare a nation to a spare-time hobby service.
It seems almost like you aren't aware of the million ways in which you rely on the nation you live in every day to be able to run your business.
Let's assume you live in Sweden.
Every second you breathe, people are protecting you from invasion from a foreign nation. There are a vast amount of people who will die for you to live simply because you live in that nation.
The country ensures there is food to buy and regulates it to ensure it doesn't poison or harm you.
People are building the roads you walk and drive on. They're ensuring your house isn't built on unsafe types of earth that would smother it and spell your death unwittingly.
They are taking care of and educating your friends' children.
You get access to health care and continuously improved treatments from research into diseases and conditions that you will likely contract when you're older. They'll take care of your grandmother if she is rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.
I don't know how you reasoned when you compared a nation to Netflix and I'm not sure I want to know.
I don't even know why I'm replying at this point, or what is going on here but I don't like it anymore. I will go now. I hope you will appreciate your nation more going forward.
Or at least show gratitude.
Why is it that if a service gets worse in any field at all it’s right to not want to pay for it anymore, but when it’s arguably the most important service on Earth, our government and their performance in making our lives better or worse, it’s not okay to want to stop paying for that service?
I’m very thankful for my nation and the quality of life it’s provided me for most of my life. However, that quality of life is demonstrably degrading in almost all the west, and that’s the fault of those who govern us. It’s perfectly normal for me to want to oppose that decline, and to not want to pay for it.
if our governments were run like companies, and our leaders suffered the same consequences for failure or underperformance, our nations wouldn’t be getting worse.
I hear you and frustration is valid. It sucks that things aren't unilaterally getting better and indeed has become worse in areas.
I just wish you'd see that, and think "How can I use my genius to help them improve" instead of framing the ground you walk on as the enemy for not being as good as we all want it to be.
Regarding being a service. The nation may be of service to you but it is not a service. Without the citizens vote there is no citizenship. There's blind rule. No participation. Probably even more taxes, for way worse reasons. And violent repercussions to disobedience.
The notion of opting out from paying taxes as a form of civil disobedience has been used in the past to varying degrees of success. It would be understandable, and perhaps even useful. What you referred to in the article did not strike me as that.
It appears as 'how to bypass taxes completely and still enjoy all the liberties and benefits that society grants me. While keeping up appearances to be performing civil disobedience for the sake of change".
Scaled up, this type of "in the dark" organization just means society has less means to make changes. It makes me believe you do not want change, but a way to justify riding on the back of others enjoying vast wealth while pointing the middle finger to the rest of the nation. It doesn't appear to me as if you'd start paying taxes if you saw an improvement in the area you are complaining about.
You write about raising a daughter, and I think that's a very real and grounded anchor for desiring change.
So why are you not speaking of how to make that change? Instead of making money instructing people on how to not pay taxes and watching the world burn without trying to help. Documenting what you describe as its downfall.
Or are you using the taxes you didn't pay to donate it all to organizations that do help pay for the benefits you are enjoying for free, or 0 taxes as you advertise it? You could talk about that in that case.
So far it comes across as blatantly insincere.
You can wish for me to see things the way you want me to see them, but that doesn’t mean your way is correct.
I base my opinions on facts and figures. The hard facts and figures show that for the last decade or two, life has become demonstrably worse in almost every metric in almost every Western nation: education, health, unaffordability, government surveillance, authoritarianism, opportunity, safety, crime, etc. How long should we accept this and expect it to improve when it doesn’t?
No. The only way to make a change is by stripping our governments of the ability to mismanage and waste our funds to our detriment, and force them to be accountable.
The nation is a service. Citizenship depends on me providing my loyalty to my nation, in exchange for the guarantee of safety, security, and opportunity. Our leaders are not holding up their share of the bargain, so why should we?
To answer your question, even though it might not be intended to be answered:
You can't expect something to improve, or change, by doing nothing. You are perfectly right in that we shouldn't accept this decline. But as far as I can see you're funneling that emotion into a new monetization scheme, instead of pursuing change. And that is where I'm concerned.
Consider these questions, they could just be food for speculation and don't need an answer. But I'm genuinely curious as your mindset is so far from my own. I want to see if you're genuine about this or exploitative as I interpreted your article. I like to challenge my beliefs.
How are you getting the leaders to make a positive change by privately monetizing not paying taxes?
How are you serving yourself at the expense of all others by monetizing not paying taxes?
Would you pay your taxes if the government provided the change you desire? How close to the perfect nation would it need to be before you 'opt in'?
If it did come to pass without your aid, why do you deserve to partake in a society you didn't help build? As in, without paying for building it when everyone else did?
another one lost to the new age to alt right pipeline.
Crime figures from the Swedish government aren’t “alt right.” Numbers don’t have a political affiliation nor do they lie.
The MAJOR reason the newcomers defended their traditions in ways that eventually ended in violence, is BECAUSE the native nationalists treated them like invaders from the very start - as outsiders that didn't belong. If they had been welcomed as equals, treated with respect and as part of the community, the situation would have NEVER devolved into violence.
In addition, the native nationalists frequently engage in false flag events and false propaganda to make it SEEM that the newcomers are criminals, etc.
Those are the fundamental reasons, that a country with significant immigration, descends into chaos.
After all, we are ALL just people trying to live in a measure of dignity while caring for our families. We are ALL the same in FAR more ways than we are different. And those differences are what make us RICHER, in many different ways.
So are you suggesting that Sweden is just using false propaganda to make it seem migrants are disproportionately represented as criminals? If that's your suggestion, I can unequivocally tell you you're wrong. Sweden did the exact opposite of that, hiding statistics for years so as not to stoke racial tension.
And are you suggesting that it's the host nation's fault that, for some reason, Afghans (just to give one example) in Germany, Sweden, Norway, and many other nations are 30-50x more likely to be sexual offenders than natives? It's the host nation's fault that this seems to be something that Afghans seem to do everywhere they go? Or could it be just the simple truth that Afghan culture makes men more prone to rape and sexual violence than basically all Europeans?
It seems like you're attempting to make excuses for massive cultural differences.
I'm saying that in more cases than not, it's the native nationalists, or those that strive to take power by appealing to those folks fears, who are in some way largely responsible for the ensuing chaos. Might not be in every case, in fact it obviously is NOT in every case, but IMHO, it is true in the majority of cases.
In America, immigrant populations, in general, commit crime at LOWER rates than the native population. We are safer and safer as more immigrants come into the country. They feel lucky to be here - why would they jeopardize that by committing crime?
Well unfortunately for you, this is not what’s happening in a lot of Europe. The numbers don’t lie.
While most migrants never commit any crimes at all, migrants (especially those from the Balkans, North Africa and the Middle East) are disproportionately likely to be criminals when compared to natives (especially when it comes to sexual crimes), at least in the nations we have figures for in places like Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Netherlands, France, Belgium, and others.
Have you considered that the possibility of WHY this trend is different in Europe than it is in the United States?
Probably because crimes rates are SO low in those countries (because they invest in education and a strong middle class, unlike the USA), that even "normal" amounts of crime seem noticeably higher than average.
I don't know that that is the case in those countries, but I'm sure it's a contributing factor.
Obviously, ANY crime committed by ANYONE, esp sex crimes, is horrific - and criminals should be dealt with quickly and without question.
But almost ALL of us were immigrants at one time or another in our pasts - so it's better we deal with it with grace, compassion, and equality, than the opposite - which NEVER works out well - for the immigrants OR the native population.
I vehemently disagree with you.
Firstly, there is a clear difference between the mass migration that's come across the US southern border, when compared to Europe's mass migration. That is, overwhelmingly mass migration in Europe is by Islamic people, whereas in the US it's coming from people who are culturally Christian or Catholic. This is probably why migrants into the USA are generally more thankful and commit fewer crimes per capita, whereas in Europe, the migrants coming in are fundamentally opposed to Western society and in fact are taught to hate it in their religious doctrine. The migration coming into the USA is not the same as the migration coming into Europe.
Secondly, I will reiterate that not all migrants in Europe commit crimes. Most never do. But if an increase in migration is causing a demonstrable massive spike in crime, all migration needs to stop, or be heavily stemmed. Migrants are overwhelmingly more likely to commit crimes than locals, and make life for locals worse. It's normal for our society to want to oppose our lives getting worse to let others into our nations.
Correct.
Europe has a long history of nationalism, xenophobia and racism, and the above arguments in the article can easily and nicely fit in that kind of narrative.
If Sweden made a mistake with the immigration, well closing the door to all immigrants will be a huge mistake and will not solve other important problems like this:
https://population-europe.eu/research/policy-insights/why-are-birth-rates-sweden-falling,
Keep Sweden safe and with lower rates, sure, and at some point it will disappear!
Politicians since Nero have used the fear of the foreigners to achieves their objectives!
Every place on earth has a history of xenophobia and nationalism.
But why is it that European nations have to accept the destruction of their nations via crime bring driven overwhelmingly by migrants? This isn’t a racist argument (because crime stats in Sweden show white European migrants from the Balkans are also driving a spike in crime), but yet it could be a nationalistic one. Why should Sweden not want to be Swedish, especially when being less Swedish is demonstrably making the country less safe?
Swedish, Europe, the US are suffering from Nationalism and Xenophobia and there is no excuse for that.
Sweden can put in jail all the criminals from wherever place they came from and close the borders if they want, however other problems will remain.
Nationalism is just an idea we human beings create to belong to one group one identity, however my argument is that supporting that in extreme can easily be overdone and overstep, and Europe needs to be careful with that.
It's funny how you suggest only Western nations are nationalistic. China, India, Thailand, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and literally DOZENS of other nations around the world are significantly more nationalistic than the west. Try becoming a senator, prime minister, or holding any political position in most of the world's nations if you're not ethnically from there—it's impossible. Yet this is something very common in the West. But you only tar the West with being nationalistic.
There is nothing wrong with nationalism. It's not wrong to want to preserve your nation's culture, traditions, heritage, and ideologies. Yet whenever I hear people talking about "nationalism bad" they only do it when it comes to the West. Nobody ever targets non-European nations with that.
Why is that?
I'm sure if Europeans were replacing 30% of Thailand's population, changing its culture, and making it less safe, you would think that was bad. So why isn't it equally bad if it happens to the West? If you don't have equal morals on this issue, you're not acting in good faith. It's likely you're approaching it via ideology and not logic.
Strange thought: Why do people migrate?
And leave everything they've known behind.
What if conditions were descent, and there weren't a pressing reason to leave their country?
Were the countries that people migrate away from, have those countries always been undesirable places? If not, how did they get there?
So far, running away from problems seems to be popular, however, does that solve the problem in the long run? The one's that do harm must be held accountable.
Funny thing is harm tends to breed more harm: A disgruntled person might act out, which in turn multiplies the harm.
At the root of it, I think corruption is the invisible cause of misery, where things starts small, and eventually it grows big enough to create a major problem.
Unfortunately, corruption is very hard to end entirely.
I totally understand your point: if I were in the position of being able to flee a bad place, and could be welcomed into a safe, open, welfare state where the taxpayers of that nation paid for my existence, I would do that too.
But here’s my main point: we should have empathy for people wanting to flee parts of the world that are not as good as ours. However, we should draw the line when bringing some of these people in is demonstrably resulting in a lack of social cohesion, an increase in rape and violence, and large amounts of our tax money funding the decline of our nations in this regard.
We shouldn’t improve the lives of others while at the same time reducing the safety and security of our lives and those of our children and grandchildren.
I think that immigrant and cultural trauma is the variable that isn't looked at, nor does it factor into govt policy on immigration. As an ethnic woman of color... I can tell you that patriarchal cultures breed trauma. Because they abuse their wives and children. The more misogynistic the culture, the higher the trauma. Then those children grow up to be walking trauma-bodies, because of course there's no healing offered or sanctioned in those cultures. Add to that: war, very high rape stats, ethnic or religious genocide... what kind of humans are western countries welcoming in? Highly dysfunctional, misogynist, traumatized humans. The stats in countries like Sweden are a direct reflection of this.
I don't know what the solution would be to this... even if you made somatic-based therapy/healing a requisite for new immigrants, how are you going to unwind thousands of years of patriarchy and misogyny? Especially when it is taught and reinforced by their religion?
Banker to the Poor - Muhammad Yunus and Half The Sky - Kristof & WuDunn seem to have the best solutions I've seen thus far. So maybe govt policy should focus on grass-roots support and opportunities for women IN their own country, rather than moving all their family's problems, oppression, abuse and trauma to a new country.
Exactly, but my argument isn’t that we should provide therapy to these people after we bring them in. My argument is that we shouldn’t bring them in the first place.
Afghanistan is a perfect example of this: it’s a society with incredibly different values than Europe, that gives women basically zero rights. This is probably a massive part of the reason that in in Germany, Afghan migrants are up to 30x or more likely to commit rape or sexual assault in Germany than a German is.
The answer to this is not to let them at the risk of German women being raped more and hopefully rehabilitating them (which isn’t guaranteed). The answer is to not have German taxpayers funding the reduction in safety of their women in the first place.
I'm not sure you read my whole comment... See the last paragraph:
"So maybe govt policy should focus on grass-roots support and opportunities for women IN their own country, rather than moving all their family's problems, oppression, abuse and trauma to a new country."
It seems that govt policy is that we have a moral obligation to help those less fortunate.
But *I am agreeing with you* that letting them into Western countries is NOT the solution. If govt policy needs to assist oppressed humans - then do so with support structures (as outlined in the two books I recommended) in their native countries.
Very true, sadly!
Unfortunately, the numbers don't lie.
Hi Leon and friends. With all the climate change and resource and economic proxy wars almost western countries are involved in, mass migration isn't going to stop unless we're ok with intentionally killing people who can no longer live on the countries they grew up in. The question I'd be asking is why is this happening? What is the social infrastructure and healing infrastructure that's missing? I've been in various Syrian war refugee apartment complexes in Germany and there weren't even central kitchens or any kitchens because they were office buildings, not enough bathrooms. Then there were no activities for healing or sense of purpose, no communal kitchens or gathering spaces. Lots of men with zero purpose, zero jobs, when they do get job interviews, if they do, high degrees of racism and fear. When people are isolated, alienated, disconnected from cultural practices, purpose-less, doing nothing of service, plus having lots of trauma that needs to be processed in the body, it does weird things to humans. Anger and aggression set on with anyone who is isolated. Mass migration is inevitable, I think we need to get way better at intercultural spaces and bridging work and look at the roots of these forms of violence.
Are these newcomers given opportunity to have meaning/ purpose, be of service, relationships and connection? Do they have adequate spaces for healing?
Who this is not about migrants, I think it applies https://www.vivekmurthy.com/_files/ugd/9322fa_6d33185c1dab47ffa16f238f35b3b537.pdf?index=true
Hi Leon - will the articles here on Abundantia still be available when you move over to Anticitizen?
Greetings from Bavaria
Greetings from Bamberg! Thank you for your video link in our Charles Eisenstein article! Very interesting info on Vitamin C.
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
When that was written, the refugees were Irish and Italian and Polish, coming from Catholic cultures, sharing the basic values of the USA.
Those aren't the huddled masses and wretched refuse that he's writing about in this essay. These masses have no idea why they're so miserable and why their societies have been torn apart. Not only that, their traumatized minds are unable to appreciate the opportunities they've been given.
Rump is mentally ill.
Psychiatrists aren't allow to diagnose unless they have been face to face with the patient.
So they remain silent.
Rump?
Rump is Trump.
OK. Not sure what Trump has to do with anything I wrote here today though?
My comment is on the basic idea of National Suicide. I think Trump's tariffs are going to be hard on the global economy. Trumps extreme moves indicate irrational thought and irrational thought indicates mental illness.
If I cause a problem please zap my comments. - Dan