Civilizational collapse

Vincent J. Curtis

30 Oct 21

RE: Johnson gives G20 stark warning.  By Jill Lawless of the AP.  Published in the Hamilton Spectator 30 Oct 21.

Will there always be an England?  Boris Johnson doesn’t think so.

The last time England enjoyed the climate of southern France was during the Medieval Warm Period, and vineyards grew grapes in Norfolk.  English civilization was then absorbing the influence of the Normal conquest.  Later, in the Little Ice Age, when the Thames routinely froze over in winter, English civilization spread itself to the New World and to India.  The loss of America and the gaining of India did not result in civilizational collapse.

This time, however, will be different.  Assuming that climate change, or global warming, does occur as forecasted, and England again assumes the climate of southern France, civilization will collapse, according to British Prime Minster Boris Johnson.

The regime presently in charge of the 7,000 year old Chinese civilization doesn’t agree.  China has seen empires come and go, and the present regime is so unconcerned about civilizational collapse that they aren’t even attending the COP26 conference.  Since China is by far the largest contributor to world CO2 emissions, its absence guarantees that nothing will be accomplished at COP26 beyond releases of climate change panic-porn and self-congratulatory gum-beating.

Western civilization could collapse like the Roman Empire, as Mr. Johnson fears, in consequence of the same cause: unlimited immigration - from failed states, in Africa and the Middle East.  Controlling and suppressing migration from failed states requires courage on the part of politicians like Boris Johnson.  But handwringing about climate change eighty years in the future is politically so much easier than taking the tough and practical measures that protect one’s civilization today.

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