Comments on: Switzerland in decline

By: emberglow

emberglow — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:58:12 +0000

That was an interesting post. I am amazed though how come so many of the Muslim or whatever immigrants got to Switzerland?

My perception of Switzerland is that of a sealed country, landlocked both geographically and politically. Completely insulated from EU: Swiss citizens don’t get to live and work in other Western European countries and vice-versa.

On the internet, I got to know a girl who is of mixed race (African mother and White Swiss father) . She tells me she feels so depressed and lonely in Switzerland because of this isolation from the rest of the world. And she makes a special mention of exceptionally long hours that she and everyone must work in Switzerland in order to remain (rich) Swiss. Unable to go anywhere else, she is planning to migrate to New Zealand for a better life. Hmmmm…

Another notable thing often said about Switzerland is that even after 2 centuries of peace and no wars all Switzerland gave to this world is a Cuckoo Clock. Before you jump at my throat and try to strangle me: I think your favorite Mark Steyn book, ”America Alone..” also mentions it.

By: Mike Devx

Mike Devx — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:11:47 +0000

I am saddened by the loss of their culture, their vigor, all the positive qualities I used to attribute to them. They were never individualists, so it’s not the loss of libertarianism. Speaking as a libertarian, that’s hard to admit. It’s the loss of traditional values that has harmed them so much.

Does anyone know specifically what used to drive them to be so admirable? Was it simply a cultural norm? Would shame of failure have been part of the mix? Whatever it was, it’s disappearing and is practically gone.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:52:34 +0000

After all, the ruling class never allowed more moderate movements to grow.

A hidden and guilty fact with Leftists is that they inevitably give rise to all that they claim to fight. Economic destruction, Nazism, genocide, and imperialism. THey are the harbingers of such things, for they give the strength for extremists to triumph, whether Soviet, Communist, Marxist, Jihadist, or Nazi.

By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:45:14 +0000

The “west’s” toxins moved in - or the “left’s” toxins?

By: expat

expat — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:36:10 +0000

There have been news reports here in Germany that Germans who move to Switzerland are not treated well. I am talking about educated people who contribute to the economy. So, on one hand, you seem to have an insular Swiss identity, and, on the other, a multiculti PC pseudoidentity.

By: ymarsakar

ymarsakar — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:33:44 +0000

Nature nor God ever promised the human race perpetual prosperity. You still need to pay your bills every few decades or so, otherwise the law of jungle will come for you.

The utopian Leftists that benefited from American security and the Golden Age, will eventually learn this, even if they are the last ones to do so.

By: Bookworm

Bookworm — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:53:21 +0000

You get kudos for referring to an earlier post I did in which I used the phrase “auto-genocide” — which is not one I heard elsewhere! And you get Brownie points (without the PC) for mentioning three good books.

By: Gringo

Gringo — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:13:56 +0000

It is sad. The continent of Bach, Michaelangelo, and Newton is declining before our very eyes. One blog referred to “auto-genocide.” The same Europeans who will criticize _______ ( pick your adjective) Americans at the drop of a hat are also the most oblivious to the immigration problem. When immigrants work less than native Europeans, become wards of the state, and commit more crime, one think that would open eyes in Europe.Thus far, too few have opened their eyes.

Bruce Bawer’s While Europe Slept gives a good introduction. Ditto Melanie Phillip’s Londonistan, and Claire Berlinski’s Menace in Europe.

Do I get PC Brownie points for mentioning two female authors? Sorry, wrong blog.