From the Associated Press, “Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders won a huge victory in Dutch elections, according to a near complete count of the vote early Thursday, in a stunning lurch to the far right for a nation once famed as a beacon of tolerance. The result will send shockwaves through Europe, where far-right ideology is on the rise, and puts Wilders in line to lead talks to form the next governing coalition and possibly become the first far-right prime minister of the Netherlands. With nearly all votes counted, Wilders’ Party for Freedom was forecast to win 37 seats in the 150-seat lower house of parliament, two more than predicted by an exit poll when voting finished Wednesday night and more than double the 17 he won at the last election.”… Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who boasts of turning HunI’ve into an ‘illiberal’ state and has similarly harsh stances on migration and EU institutions, was quick to congratulate Wilders. ‘The winds of change are here! Congratulations,’ Orban said. … The result is the latest in a series of elections that is altering the European political landscape. From Slovakia and Spain, to Germany and Poland, populist and hard-right parties triumphed in some EU member nations and faltered in others.” It is never a good sign when dictators praise the win of a far-right party.
Now, the Netherlands has taken a right turn. Let me reiterate what I’ve been saying for years now: Liberal democracies are dying worldwide, and dumbass Democratic f***tards keep wanting to believe that America is immune from this incomprehensible global love affair with authoritarian rule and affection toward hatred. For where they hate Islam, the rest is sure to follow — hate the Jews, hate the gays, hate the Blacks, hate immigrants, and hate women. (I understand the resentment and wariness toward Muslims. Islam is currently the only major religion that seems to invite and condone terrorism wherever it exists. However, I’m not sure re-ordering national governments further to the right is the best tactic to tackle the problem of Islam. I’m just saying.) This is as certain as the Sun rises in the East and sets in the West. As certain as night follows day; and, to be sure, we are entering a global nightfall that will last for as long as the shadow of dictatorship casts its benighted hold over the world. Just as the Nazis gripped Europe with its loathing and promise of order and conformity for years, the same evil tendencies have gained root across the planet. Recall, Nazi ideology flourished in America (the American Bund), Great Britain, and other nations that welcomed closer collaboration — if not downright full-throated support — with Hitler. History is repeating itself. I understand the constant references to Hitler make such warnings banal, but the comparison is most apt because, in a sense, we are not that far removed from this history. Indeed, much of the current world order directly results from the peace made after World War II. Yet this same world order that brought us nearly 80 years of relative peace is ending — nay, it has already ended! The alliances that have kept the world safe are crumbling, yet people have not a f***ing care in the world about what they should be fearfully apprehending.
This seems particularly true in Europe. European countries have become increasingly hostile to the EU and, apparently, to the notion of cooperation. The far-right party in the Netherlands won, in part, on the idea of “Nexit” — exit from the EU. Christ! I’m sure the Dutch have never heard of Brexit. You know, that time Britain elected to leave the EU, and now they regret doing so because it made their economy the opposite of better off, which the pro-Brexit crowd promised. What could possibly go wrong by leaving the second-largest trading block in the world? So, I guess the Dutch are about to f*** around and find out. Oh, well.
I guess it was only a matter of time before the EU would fall apart. Americans incorrectly believe Europe is one homogeneous country or a coalition of like-minded nations. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is a collection of 44 countries (or so, depending on how you count) with different cultures and languages, with each believing they are the most important nation on the continent. Where the disease of dictatorship and illiberalism infects one country, metastasis is sure to follow. A new world war is in the making; I’m just not sure yet if it already started in Ukraine coupled with the advancement of antisemitism (which is nothing new, really) or has yet to start in America with the return of traitor trump, for those who think another American civil war would remain contained within our borders are morons. An America at war with itself is a calling card for the likes of China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran to make their moves of domination across the globe. Sadly, hatred breeds war, and the comforts of liberalism and peace over these last eight decades have bred complacency that, in turn, allows hatred to flourish. It is an unbroken cycle; we are making that next inexorable turn toward conflict. Mark my words! You’ve been warned. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯