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The Strange Death of Europe MP3 CD – MP3 Audio, August 4, 2017

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The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth rates, mass immigration, and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their own comprehensive alteration as a society and an eventual end.

This is not just an analysis of demographic and political realities; it is also an eyewitness account of a continent in self-destruct mode. It includes accounts based on travels across the entire continent, from the places where migrants land to the places they end up, from the people who pretend they want them to the places which cannot accept them.

Murray takes a step back at each stage and looks at the bigger and deeper issues which lie behind a continent's possible demise, from an atmosphere of mass terror attacks to the steady erosion of our freedoms. The audiobook addresses the disappointing failure of multiculturalism, Angela Merkel's U-turn on migration, the lack of repatriation, and the Western fixation on guilt. Murray travels to Berlin, Paris, Scandinavia, Lampedusa, and Greece to uncover the malaise at the very heart of the European culture and to hear the stories of those who have arrived in Europe from far away.

This sharp and incisive audiobook ends up with two visions for a new Europe - one hopeful, one pessimistic - which paint a picture of Europe in crisis and offer a choice as to what, if anything, we can do next. But perhaps Spengler was right: 'civilizations, like humans, are born, briefly flourish, decay, and die'.

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We cannot become Indian or Chinese, for instance. And yet we are expected to believe that anyone in the world can move to Europe and become European.
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The world is coming into Europe at precisely the moment that Europe has lost sight of what it is. And while the movement of millions of people from other cultures into a strong and assertive culture might have worked, the movement of millions of people into a guilty, jaded and dying culture cannot.
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio; Unabridged edition (August 4, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1543625487
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1543625486
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches

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Maggie Reagan

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Clear, concise, well-researched and very informative.

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On the brink of losing Europe

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2017

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This is a timely book on the effects of uncontrolled, and unsupervised immigration upon the societies of Western Europe. Douglas Murray offers a critical look at the policy choices made by European governments after World War 2 to import workers from many of their former colonies in order to alleve perceived labor shortages. Without any real thought or planning as to the effect such an immigration policy would have on their cultures and societies. Western Europe has proven to be painfully inept at integrating immigrant arrivees into their cultural norms and values and as a result there are parallel societies in most countries with an uneasy peace between them

Furthermore when people in various countries began to question whether uncontrolled immigration from the third world was an unalloyed good, the ruling elites attempted to quash any such questioning as racist and xenophobic. In polite society one wasn't allowed to talk about the creeping epidemic of female genital mutilation, honor killings and political Islam. Academics who studied these issues had their careers destroyed, sporadic political upstarts who organized around a more sane immigration policy were demonized by all sectors of the political class from center right to far left. Even immigrants themselves like Ayan Hirsi Ali, who pointed out cultural and societal problems from the rising population growth of Muslims in Europe, was painted as a racist hater, forced to live under police protection due to threats from Islamic radicals who are allowed to live (often on the dole) in places like Holland and England.

Murray delves into the phenomenon of white western guilt which especially afflicts such nations as the US , Australia and England. He points out how other countries have their histories and cultures judged by the best case examples, while we in the west judge ourselves by our worst moments (inquisition, Nazis in Germany, etc)

“In America, as in Australia , such a constant drumbeat of guilt changes a people's natural feelings about their own past. It transforms feelings of patriotism into shame or at the very least into deeply mixed emotions”

Not all countries do this. In Turkey which ushered in the first genocide of the 20th century, there is no collective guilt about the Armenian massacre. In fact Article 301 of the Turkish constitution makes it a crime to insult the Turkish nation. Thus any critique of their past is forbidden .

Why is it only western nations that should feel guilty? Should Mongolians in the 21st century be subjected to a constant parade of criticism for the massacres at Aleppo and Baghdad the Genghis Khan perpetuated?

Murray takes a close look at the trumped up Syrian refugee crisis of 2015 which involved very few war refugees and even fewer Syrians. It did involve millions of uneducated, probably unemployable young men with retrograde views on everything from church/state separation to women's equality. Pointing out that the Gulf States have taken in exactly zero refugees , Murray shows how this flood was encouraged by Western leaders notably Germany's Merkela. While it would have been far better and cheaper to house the true war refugees in the middle east, so they could return when Syria stabilizes, the political elite lacked the will to do this. Even with the societal and establishment pressure to never discuss the downside of this refugee flood, public opinion has increasingly turned againsted the unfettered immigration which had been encouraged. Still political leaders refuse to do much to police their borders or return unauthorized migrants to their homelands.

Murray looks at an issue I've thought about , the demorilization of Western society, which no longer acts as if the values we are built upon are worth preserving. This explains why societies with still only 10% Muslims are buckling under to the creeping Sharia that is coming their way. Murray offers the suggestion that a religious revival in Europe would help combat this trend but doesn't hold out much hope for one. He basically predicts a continued lack of will to confront the issue and the eventual transfomation of Europe into a place we won't recognize.

This was a very good book, very readable. Everyone should read and think about it.

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Europe in Trouble

Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2017

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This is an important if troubling book. Douglas Murray is a British political commentator who was educated at Eton and Oxford (as was David Cameron). He analyzes the recent history of European immigration and argues that if immigration continues at its current levels this could lead to the death of European civilization. He argues that Europe, as we know it, will cease to exist within the lifespans of most people alive today. The expectation of most politicians is that the arrivals into Europe would become European. He argues that it is more likely that Europe will increasingly look like the Third World.

Europe is an attractive destination for migrants because of its peace and prosperity, but Murray believes that immigration is changing Europe. In the 2011 census, only 44.9% of the people living in London identified themselves as white British. In 2015, Germany and Sweden added an extra 2% to their populations in a single year alone, because of immigration. Europe is also attractive because of its welfare state. If you can make it to Europe you are given free health care, free housing, and money to live on.

Each day boats filled with migrants set out from North Africa. Over this year's Easter weekend alone about 8,000 people were picked up between the coast of North Africa and the south of Italy. Murray has visited the camps that they are taken to in Greece and Italy. He argues that most of the people are economic migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa. They are looking for a better life in the West. NGOs often claim that everyone is an asylum seeker, but he believes that this is nonsense.

Murray examines the pros and cons of immigration and mostly finds the negatives. He argues that the British people have been misled about the benefits by the political classes. He demolishes many of the arguments used to justify mass immigration; and criticizes the suppression of uncomfortable facts about the immigrants. Many critics of immigration have been accused of racism and even fascism. Many have found their careers destroyed when they raised the issue.

Immigration has never been properly debated in Britain or Europe. Opinion polls in Britain, Germany, and Sweden show that a majority of ordinary people are opposed to further immigration. However, politicians have been able to ignore public opinion. Murray complains that politicians have consistently underestimated the number of immigrants who would come, and how difficult it would be to integrate them.

Murray also argues that Europe has lost faith in itself and its values. There is guilt about its past. Particularly, colonialism, the two world wars, totalitarianism, and genocides. Christianity is dying in Europe and this has left a hole. Intellectuals have been reluctant to admit that many of the values we associate with the West derive from Christianity. What’s left is a vague belief in human rights and democracy.

Murray believes that Europe is now an exhausted force, that won't fight or assert itself. While it seems acceptable for countries like Japan and Saudi Arabia to fight to try to preserve their traditional culture by restricting immigration, many opinion formers in the West don’t seem to believe that their culture is worth preserving. The pursuit of diversity has also led to European countries downgrading the notion of national identity and the beliefs and stories that underpin any Western society. He attacks Tony Blair's government for its naïve belief in multiculturism and pursuit of diversity. Blair’s administration believed that the indigenous population had to adapt rather than the incomers.

Murray is concerned about immigration from Third World countries. He is particularly worried about Islam and does not believe that its values are compatible with those of liberal Western democracy. Murray complains that many of the people arriving bring with them illiberal views and practices. The assumption seems to be that when you arrive in Europe, immigrants are expected to instantly adopt its Judeo-Christian culture and values. A poll carried out a couple of years ago in Britain found that among British Muslims, precisely 0% believed that homosexuality was a permissible lifestyle choice. A majority wanted it declared illegal. Many immigrants bring with them Medieval rather than liberal ideas.

Murray shows, that Britons have been lied to about the benefits of immigration. They have told that inward migration brings financial benefits to Europe, but the reverse is true. Immigration between 1995 and 2011 cost Britain at least £114 billion, rising potentially to £159 billion (according to a pro-immigration report from University College, London). Europe does face demographic challenges because young people are not having enough babies. The average family in Germany is having 1.63 children. Polls show that women in Europe would like to have more children but they just can’t afford them. He argues that there should be financial incentives to encourage women to have more babies. The other problem is that immigrants also get older. You can quickly create a Ponzi scheme if you constantly bring in immigrants to fill employment gaps. Murray argues that there is 20% unemployment in Greece and Spain and there is already enough surplus labor within Europe.

It is often argued that even if we are not better off financially we benefit culturally from diversity, for example, we get to experience new and exciting cuisines. This is an argument that plays better among liberals living in London, than in Britain's rust belt. Unfortunately, the amount of enjoyment to be got from Somali food does not increase year on year the more Somalis there are in the country.

It has also been argued by some that Britain has always been a “nation of immigrants.” That is clearly untrue. The Norman Conquest in 1066 increased the British population by only about 5%, and that was 1,000 years ago. Taking in persecuted French Protestants in the 17th century added about 50,000 people. About 40,000 Jewish refugees fled to Britain in the 1930s and 1940s. Many, like Madeleine Albright, Jerry Springer, and Ted Koppel, subsequently immigrated to the US. All these earlier groups were easy to assimilate, although the Normans were still hated by the Saxons, centuries later. The number of immigrants today is very much larger and the cultural differences are greater.

HSBC chief economist Stephen King has argued that migration from Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the greatest threats facing the West in the 21st century. Many of these countries are unstable but their populations are growing rapidly. The population of Nigeria is expected to increase from 180 million to 730 million by 2100. There is already friction between the country’s large Muslim and Christian communities. Many of these people will probably seek refuge in Europe in future decades. It is a similar story throughout Africa, populations are booming. Europe needs a better immigration strategy. Inviting the world to come and live in Europe is not a sustainable long-term option.

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Sameer Reader

Fantastic. Factual. Original perspective on immigration.

Reviewed in India on October 6, 2022

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If any of the news about violence, coming from Europe, made you curious this book will give you the whole background, from the author’s angle though. For me, I became curious after reading about car-burning in Stockholm a few months ago. I remember thinking that was quite un-European thing to happen in Stockholm. Glad to have found this book & mainly the author.

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effepi

profondo, documentato, critico, equilibrato

Reviewed in Italy on April 2, 2022

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il tema dell'immigrazione incontrollata, anzi almeno in parte promossa da parte politica, e del suo impatto sui paesi europei, è trattato con grande rigore documentale. La lettura soffre un poco di questo, e risultano più piacevoli i capitoli prevalentemente dedicati alle alle considerazioni interpretative, sempre profonde ed estremamente equilibrate, rispetto a quelli dedicati alla storia e alle esemplificazioni. Da leggere.

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Jake

A must

Reviewed in Spain on September 17, 2021

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Excellent book, talking about what needs to be talked about... though, we, as Europeans, have definitely began our descent into a really obscure and gloomy future. Put your seatbelts on.

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Marcus Castro

Suicídio do ocidente.

Reviewed in Brazil on September 4, 2017

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Esse livro mostra como as ultimas duas gerações de europeus estão colocando em risco tudo o que foi conseguido pelos habitantes dos ultimos 3000 anos do continente. A civilização ocidental, com todas as suas conquistas e avanços, simplesmente parece ter se rendido aos invasores de outras culturas, sem que a maioria da população concorde com isso. A abertura irrestrita para a imigração de milhões de individuos de culturas completamente incompativeis com a ocidental é feita de maneira a tornar a situação irreversível e perigosa em muito pouco tempo. Os politicos abriram as fronteiras (contra a vontade do povo europeu), e a demografia está fazendo o resto. Os números e dados objetivos saõ estarrecedores. Não é algo que te agradará, mas é necessária a leitura para abrir os olhos para o futuro da humanidade,

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lichi

Excellent book!

Reviewed in Mexico on October 24, 2017

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As a lover of European culture i bought the book even though I already had read and seen much on the issue of immigration from the islamic countries. The effects are devastating and Europe will never be the same. sad but true. We must be informed so this does not further spread in America! It is heartwrenching to see the rivers of refugees trying to save their lives and find a corner in our planet where to live in peace, yet at what cost to each nation?

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