I have a theory that the 2 World Wars destroyed the European mission. We look at Germany, note the basic changes coming out of the rubble. But I think that England and France, and the rest of Europe had lost faith in themselves and their religion and their values, their societies by 1946. Europe has lost its nerve. No one has noticed, really, until recently. Now, of course, we see that Europe cannot provide military power for anything (and this is not just because of its 3 generation reliance upon the USA). More fundamentally, they cannot even reproduce themselves (neither can Canada, by the way, as it nudges up to the American teat, having lost that of the British Empire.)

I’m not sure about this theory. However, we are watching a civilization shrivel into nothing but empty cathedrals, led by jokes like Prince Charles and the EU. I really think Europe was broken by 1946.