One gets the distinct impression that the "new Swedes" have most definitely managed to "claim their space". For instance...
...31% of the population of Malmö were born abroad and a further 11% have parents who were born abroad. Many of them have indeed "brought their culture...and habits", judging by the explosion in rapes (of women, girls and boys), gun crime, murders, anti-Semitism and... well, explosions. I suppose whether the old Swedes (the tall, blond, infinitely tolerant ones) see that as a "positive force" depends on whether they've been raped, beaten up, robbed, shot, bombed or arrested for saying the wrong thing. But if they have been, it was probably their own fault for not making the effort to "understand" the "new Swedes".
The sea's thataway, lemmings.
I am at a loss to understand what happened to the Swedes or, indeed, others who have succumbed to this slow suicide. Is this really the effect of cultural Marxist brainwashing? I'm sure there must be older and deeper cultural processes at work - but I wonder what they are?
ReplyDeleteMy own (no doubt worthless ) theories are as follows (they're basically the same theory):
Delete(1) The Swedes are surprisingly religious - 64% belong to the Lutheran Church of Sweden. Lutheranism is ((from what I understand) very big on guilt. What better way for a nation to expiate its sense of guilt than by committing mass cultural suicide?
(2) It's possible that the Swedes still harbour feelings of guilt about remaining neutral during WWII. Whether the country being over-run by the Germans would have helped or hindered the Allied cause is another matter - but I suspect they still feel bad about not sharing the same fate as their Scandinavian neighbours. Worse, not only did they emerge unharmed from the war, they actually enjoyed 25 years of tremendous, uninterrupted economic success. And they're tall, blond and good-looking! What sort of Lutheran wouldn't feel a tremendous sense of guilt in those circumstances? "Ahmed, feel free to punish us in any way you see fit - we deserve it!"
I was wondering what part their religious beliefs played in this sad decline, as I had my suspicions. Should have stuck with Heathenism.
ReplyDeleteAgreed - I'm sure Ted Heath would have felt quite at home there.
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