Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "The Rise of the European Far-Right || Peter Zeihan" video.

@billberg1264 An impossible return to the past is more reactionary than conservative. Even Burke didn’t advocate for a return to the past, he wanted preservation of what was good in traditions and institutions to avoid the bloody chaos he saw in the French Revolution. I think Burke would be horrified if he saw populist “conservatism”. What populist “conservatism” is selling is a nostalgia for a past that never really was. The consequences of the past are the present. They are promising a return to something unchanging, because freezing the perfect moment in time is the only way to avoid future consequences. And all of that is an absurd impossibility.
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You’re not going to go back to 40 years ago. If this is what your politicians are offering, you’re being scammed. Here’s the thing that former colonial powers have to recognize. The blowback from centuries of imperialism can show up centuries after you gave up your exploitative activities. The various European colonial projects in Africa destabilized the continent and the countries of Africa suffer from that instability to this day. Holland played its role in creating the mess that is Africa. And since you’re not going to pay for even a fraction of the wealth extracted from your colonies, you pay for it by allowing refugees into your country. And if you did it right, your country would benefit from the influx of people. You just have to accept a multi-ethnic Holland. You have to turn what you call non-Dutch people into Dutch people. Even if it was possible to go back in time, how do you know you’ll hit your golden age of 40 years ago? What if you go back 64 years? Have fun with that.
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