Tag: civilization

The Thinnest Veneer of Civilization

Commentary Civilization is fragile. It hinges on ensuring the stuff of life. To be able to eat, to move about, to have shelter, to be free from state or tribal coercion, to be secure abroad, and safe at home—only that allows cultures to be freed from the daily drudgery of mere survival. Civilization alone permits…


How Civilizations Will Be Decided

Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary Fewer babies will be born in all of Europe than in Nigeria alone. In Europe, “at the rate at which things are going, the population will have halved before 2070, with the continent at risk of losing 400 million inhabitants by 2100,” noted James Pomeroy, an economist at China’s HSBC bank….


Parental Authority Is the Basis of Civilization

Commentary As most Americans now realize, America is experiencing a societal breakdown. This should be obvious to anyone, even those facilitating this breakdown as they openly acknowledge they seek to break down American society. This is a society that teaches its youngest citizens a suicidal lie: that America was founded in 1619, that it was…


EXCLUSIVE: Former Greenpeace Founder Patrick Moore Says Climate Change Based on False Narratives

Patrick Moore, one of the founders of Greenpeace said in an email obtained by The Epoch Times that his reasons for leaving Greenpeace were very clear: “Greenpeace was ‘hijacked’ by the political left when they realized there was money and power in the environmental movement. [Left-leaning] political activists in North America and Europe changed Greenpeace…


Elon Musk Calls out TikTok Over ‘Civilization’ Risk

Elon Musk recently questioned whether short video app TikTok is leading to the collapse of civilization, following a new report that alleged the China-owned platform had obtained private U.S. user data. “Is TikTok destroying civilization?” the billionaire said on June 17 via Twitter. “Some people think so,” his post reads, offering no further explanation. The…


Does the ‘Future of Civilization’ Depend on Twitter? Here’s What Elon Musk Says

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk disclosed a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter Inc. at the beginning of the month. Now the billionaire aims to purchase the whole company. Some have speculated that Musk’s offer could be trivial following a series of questionable Twitter polls and suggestions about the direction in which Twitter should head. Musk put those speculations to rest Thursday during an…


Why Ideology Is the Ancient Enemy of Civilization

Commentary What ultimately destroyed the evil empires of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia were bankrupt dogmas. Crackpot ideology destroyed free expression. It ruined meritocracy and ensured unequal application of the laws—and so paved the way for far worse. The Nazi idea of a superior Aryan race adjudicated everything from physics to tank design. Soviet commissars…


Civilization Requires Deterrence

Commentary Deterrence is the ancient ability to scare somebody off from hurting you, your friends, or your interests—without a major war. Desire peace? Then be prepared for war. Or so the Romans believed. It’s an easily understood concept in the abstract. But deterrence still remains a mystical quality in the concrete since it is only…


Budapest and Paris: The Contrast Between Civilization and Barbarism

Commentary Pope Francis went recently to Hungary for a few hours to preach the eternal sacred truths of political correctness. Of course, these truths may change in time, indeed they are certain to do so, but their sacrosanctity will remain. After all, the sacred must move with the times. I also went to Hungary recently…