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p> WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS br> Re: Jed Babbin's The French Prescription : /p>

Regarding Mr. Babbin's observations on the decline of France:

Yes, we should watch with glee as France self-destructs, except that it is not merely a French phenomenon. All of Western Europe, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan are in the same boat: Their populations are peaking, and will begin declining seriously over the next 30 years. Their economies too. The reason is that people are not reproducing, and their economies are stagnant or deteriorating. It is all part of the socialism that they insist is so invigorating to the human condition.

Under the narcissism of socialism, the individual's phobias, pleasures, indulgences and neuroses take center stage. He/she is told that it is his/her pleasure and psychic well-being which is central to survival. Promiscuous sex with a focus on recreation and not procreation; rising childless homosexuality; anti-child feminism; and a leftist media drumbeat all converge to convince people that the 'cool' life is that of the swinging sexy single, that children are a bother and an impediment to fun, while socialist economics preach that work is a drag, and that productivity only enriches 'somebody else'.

p>Fortunately, leftists are going to die out faster because they have the weakest ties to the eternal order of God, work and family. America will survive by dint of immigration and a strong Christian ethic. We should be glad what's happening to France, except that the surviving populations are going to be burdened with the huge costs of caring for the expanding cadre of the elderly. Then the leftist caterwauling will really begin, and they will have nobody but their socialist selves to blame. br> -- Steve Nikitas br> Pittsfield, Massachusetts /p>

No doubt about it, France would be a better actor on the world stage if it followed Jed Babbin's advice, but it won't because the advice came from an American (worse: it came from that American). So, what to do?

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