By: Branko Grims
The ancient wisdom of the circle of civilisations: “Bad times make strong men. Strong men make good times. Good times make weak men. Weak men make bad times!”
Security is one and indivisible; without security everything else is nothing. A sentence that I have repeated at least a thousand times over the years, and many did not want to hear it, let alone understand it. Just like the rules of ancient Rome: “Si vis pacem, para bellum!”. If you want peace, prepare for war! According to some criteria, Slovenia is the safest country in the world. But to maintain this security, we must be aware that the world outside our borders is different: ruthless, violently realistic, and cruel. Russia’s attack on the internationally recognised state of Ukraine is the first total war on European soil since peace in the Balkans. The consequences will be extremely bad and the aggression against Ukraine has been strongly condemned by all those who belong to the democratic world, including Slovenia. But this war could certainly have been avoided if only we had followed the true values and wisdom of the old world. If Europe and America can understand its message and its causes, then there will be new hope, otherwise the attack on Ukraine will only be the beginning…
The first war in the 3rd millennium due to the weakness of Europe and the United States
The war in Ukraine exposes all the weakness of false values and the depravity of much of the modern world. International politics and diplomacy, of which continuation by other means is, according to Clausewitz, war, are in the modern world above all a reckless pursuit of interests. The first lesson of war is that there is no room for either trust or naivety. Only power and solid military alliances count. The tragedy of Ukraine is that it believed in guarantees based on international agreements and therefore completely gave up the largest thermonuclear arsenal that remained on its soil after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But those whom Ukraine has trusted – Europe and the United States – are eroded from the inside by cultural Marxism and are therefore weak. If the United States were led today by a strong figure like the legendary Ronald Reagan, the war in Ukraine would certainly not have happened. However, Putin simply does not and will never take the weak personalities pushed to the position by the cultural Marxism “woke” of the modern leftists by placing a man in a lace skirt (browse the Internet…!) in the position of nuclear safety adviser, seriously. The Chinese even less so! This is a moment to realise that it is in Slovenia’s real interest to have a strong personality at the head of the United States, whom the interlocutors consider and respect as such. Remember what kind of circus leftists were running in Slovenia just because Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša publicly supported the election of Donald Trump, warning that his opponent would be a very weak president. It is now obvious to everyone that he defended the security interests of Slovenia and Europe! And everyone else who supported Donald Trump in the election at the time too! The absurdity of the present time is also that only after the war starts can we talk seriously and without hysterical shouts of leftists about all aspects of security…
The situation in the European Union is even worse, as the EU institutions are completely poisoned by cultural Marxism. An example of this is the appearance of European Commission President Ursula von Leyen, who made a threatening public appearance just hours before the attack, after the US secret services had already confirmed that it would start at any moment. But you will not believe, she did not attack the obvious intentions of Russian aggression, she did not call for peace and not a single clever word about security in Europe was said! … Von Leyen attacked Hungary just hours before Russia’s attack on Ukraine because it does not allow ideological propaganda of cultural Marxism LGBT+ in schools …! It is clearly not as important for the current leadership of the European Union if international agreements are violated by force, if the aggressor attacks a country of 40 million; as it is important that they are confusing the minds of children with crazy theories that sex is not a biological fact, but anyone can be of any gender (this was claimed on Slovenian television this week by Prof. Vuk Godina!). The value disorientation of the West continues to be imposed…
The weakness of Europe and the United States is due to the poisoning of cultural Marxism
Cultural Marxism was spread around the world by the Frankfurt School, which was founded and funded by the Russians (“Soviets”) under Lenin. Their purpose is revealed by the founder’s quote: “To rot Western civilisation from within so that it will stink to heaven!”.
Cultural Marxism is much, much more than just LGBT+ propaganda, although this should not be underestimated either (it is probably clear to everyone that mentally confused guys in pink skirts will not defend Europe from Russian aggression). Uncritically accepted nebulae of cultural Marxism about the “multicultural poor refugees” have opened borders and Europe is wasting billions of euros on social welfare. From a military point of view, it is complete madness that men capable of fighting from the countries of radical Islam were accepted en masse, and at the same time sending military units from Europe right there. This is also how cultural Marxism makes Europe weaker.
Similarly, the nebulae of “eco” cultural Marxists, which have unfortunately become part of the official policy of the European Union, are destructive in terms of security. Europe, without really understanding what it is all about, is signing international agreements that are destroying its own comparative development entrepreneurial advantages in a globalised world. An example is electric cars, which are ecologically much more destructive than any diesel or other internal combustion engine due to manufacturing (mining of rare metals, etc.), decommissioning and the reality of producing and transporting electricity to the Earth. But politically, they are imposed at EU level as “eco” and are subsidised and legally mandated. Europe’s comparative advantage was top-class classic cars. Slovenia: Akrapovič exhaust systems are our only global brand; they are not on electric cars. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the status symbol in the USA was European (!) Audi, Mercedes, BMW, Volvo…, today in Europe the status symbol is American (!) Tesla. Do you understand now how this goes? And Russian or Chinese are happily signing climate agreements with naïve Europeans, smiling, and building cheap new coal-fired power plants (two thousand!). Simply put: from Europe – where the hysteria of crazy cultural Marxists who abuse the media and the judiciary so that no one would expose them, it came e.g. to Germany, to the point that it is propagated to have as few white (!!) children as possible, because it is “eco-friendly” (and at the same time they import Islamist migrants en masse) – the Russians and the Chinese can make fool out of us. Who will win the race in a globalised world?
The real winners of Russia’s attack on Ukraine are the Chinese
If Europe had remained true to its true values and invested all the billions of euros it has spent over the years on the whims of cultural Marxism and the profits of those who benefit from it in entrepreneurship, prosperity and security of its own citizens, Ukraine would not be a victim today. The first consequence of the war is a jump in the prices of petroleum products. Here, too, Putin is on the plus side: Russia is the only superpower to be a net exporter of energy. Sanctions will hit Europe even harder, and Putin will offset them with the Chinese. This means that Europeans will live much worse, and sanctions will not be effective enough in the long run. For a long time, the desire for closer integration between Europe and Russia will become unrealistic. The NATO pact has been revitalised. With the attack, Russia has once again taken on the role of “bad boy” in the international community.
For the Chinese, only pros: Russia will objectively have to become even more attached to them, desires for joint alliances against Chinese expansionism will fall into the water for a long time, Russia has shifted attention to itself, it is testing the international community’s reaction to Taiwan’s open issues. What is not clear is just how the Russians agreed to play the role of “bad boy” for the Chinese, as Russia will be the first to have serious problems with them and for that it will not be necessary to wait very long. In any case, in the current course of events, the Chinese are the only real winners of Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
Communication for the future of Europe
If this message is ignored, the war in Ukraine will be only the first in a long line of wars of the beginning of the end of Western civilisation. Europe must return to its true values and become a secure community of countries of equal European nations, with its cultures, Christian roots, and traditions as its true treasure. The institutions and policies of the European Union must be detoxified of cultural Marxism, otherwise it will become weaker. The ascendants infected with cultural Marxism, grumpy and indecisive, so unconditionally all weak political leaders must immediately go to the dustbin of history, because they are making Europe and their countries weak and vulnerable. Security is provided only by true, determined and ethically strong personalities of true values, i.e., statesmen who are respected by their interlocutors in the international community.
Europe needs to strengthen its comparative advantages for successful entrepreneurship, which is the only solid source of prosperity in the long run and relieve its development potential of all ideological clogs. Europe does not need any mass migration, but security and a good family policy, so that every child of European nations can be a valuable investment; for us, of course, a Slovenian child. This is the future of Europe!
Branko Grims is a long-time member of the SDS party in the National Assembly, a geologist, and political scientist.