Sunday, July 19, 2009

The Spirit of Rebellion

Mark Steyn:
The transformation of developed societies - either into old folks' homes (like Japan) or semi-Islamized dystopias (like Amsterdam, Brussels, etc) - will lead, in fact, to emigration. A young German or Japanese circa 2040 will have no reason whatsoever to stay in his native land and have most of his income confiscated in a vain attempt to prop up an unsustainable geriatric welfare system.
FUCK YOU MOM AND DAD!

19 comments:

J— said...

For much of the developed world, the "credit crunch", the debt burden, and the rest are not part of a cyclical economic downturn but the first manifestations of an existential crisis.

Steyn is excited because he thinks he's positioned himself well to claim the title Albert Camus of the 21st Century.

herr doktor bimler said...

Our aged relatives are our existential enemies.
Time to revive the institution of mattress parties.

Substance McGravitas said...

Still, it's a sweet reminder of how far we've come since WWII that Steyn is worried for the populations of Germany and Japan.

Caliph Garrett said...

Bookmark this, libs!

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

well, it does provide a succinct explanation for why all those young folks are moving to Somalia nowadays.

herr doktor bimler said...

So essentially Steyn is questioning the claim that unencumbered movement of individuals and capital is necessarily a good thing?
I look forward to seeing him at the barricades at the next anti-globalisation protest.

herr doktor bimler said...

A young German or Japanese circa 2040 will have no reason whatsoever to stay in his native land

They could build a wall to stop people leaving. Germans are used to that.

Substance McGravitas said...

The sad part is that Steyn believes there'll still be ice-floes to leave the elderly on.

Another Kiwi said...

We await with increasing delight the advent of Mr Steyn old age, when he will do the decent thing.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Another Kiwi said...
We await with increasing delight the advent of Mr Steyn old age, when he will do the decent thing.

July 19, 2009 3:53 PM


Is going Burt a movement yet?
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zombie rotten mcdonald said...

We can just put a halt to the use of BURT and MOVEMENT in the same sentence, now.

mikey said...

Yeah. I noticed all the frantic hordes desperate to get out of dystopic hell holes like Amsterdam and Brussels for the safety and stability of Detroit, Michigan or Dayton Ohio.

I want to do what I can to help them get out from under the jackboot of the ten month work-year...

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

to be fair (and I don't recall why I ever wanted to be fair), steyn did leave Canada for America.

Kind of a pilot project, one could say.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

...steyn did leave Canada for America.

Can we send him back?

Shirley there must be a hungry moose somewhere...
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zombie rotten mcdonald said...

maybe we should try for a package deal:

Steyn and Adam Yoshida for Lifeson, Lee an Peart; or maybe that hawt news reader...

tigris said...

The US already can continue to tax people who give up their US citizenship, if the powers that be determine that the renunciation was done for tax avoidance purposes. Plus, now that Swiss banks have been forced to open their books to the IRS and the German tax authorities, those asset can't be as easily hidden. In other words, it doesn't matter where you live or bank, your home country can still get taxes from you.

Substance McGravitas said...

The US, though, is clutchier than most countries over its former citizens. There was a pretty funny article in Harper's a few years ago about how hard it is to renounce your citizenship. The Germans and Japanese might be able to get away with leaving the old folks to eat cat food.

Caliph Garrett said...

Steyn and Adam Yoshida for Lifeson, Lee an Peart

Not without a proviso that Peart not pen any more Randroid lyrics for Erick bin Erick to quote as though they were The Republic.

That would be perful.

mikey said...

Hee hee.

Speaking of cat food, here's what my alter ego had to say recently:

http://www.box.net/shared/patrfvm4up