A Nation of Builders (RIP)

While many on the dissident right were once libertarians, the general consensus these days is a rejection of that political outlook. Not because it doesn't sound nice, but because it doesn't work. A libertarian or civic nationalist would be liable to say something like "feminism is a vile movement, but I will fight the to my death to protect their civic liberties." Or they might say to allow it to fail by its own detects in the free market of ideas. The problem is that the marketplace of ideas is not free, and it's not the feminists paying the cost of their agenda. "Live and let live" is very nice until a collapsing pedestrian bridge crushes your family. That's the whole point of conservatism, is that our lives are intimately intertwined with our societies. It's impossible not to take politics personally, because it is inherently personal. If modern society collapsed, billions would perish. If it falters, we suffer. There is a lot at stake.

Many libertarians and nearly all liberals support open borders. People are interchangeable, they say, so it doesn't matter who goes where. What harm could it do to let a bunch of Somalians settle in Minneapolis? Well, now you can't even visit the Mall of America - a national attraction - without risking having your child randomly thrown off the balcony by a Muslim. It's quite fitting that it would happen in the Mall of America. Much like watching Notre Dame burn, the event is a strong symbol for the state of our civilization.

Emmanuel Macron pledged to have the state-owned cathedral rebuilt within five years, praising France as a "nation of builders." Who does he think he's kidding? What has modern France built? The cathedral was built back when France actually was a nation of builders. Now it's a nation where near 20% are of a certain religion that love to burn and vandalize churches. They are a nation of looters, sucking dry what the nation of builders left for them. The modern western nations can't even build a foot bridge. The leftists acknowledge the distinction. From the Rolling Stone,

Any rebuilding should be a reflection not of an old France, or the France that never was — a non-secular, white European France — but a reflection of the France of today, a France that is currently in the making. 

Basically, we should let Muslims come burn down our churches, and then not rebuild them. We should let them throw our children off balconies, and not expel them. We should totally abandon the civilization we inherited, and make way for the next dark ages. That is what liberals are fighting for, and libertarians are encouraging us to permit.