The West is inseparable from its Judeo-Christian heritage. Europe/Canada has moved into a post Christian world and has exhausted its stock of moral capital. Europe is no longer Western, which is why its economy is in shambles and is incapable of defending itself. Europe is culturally adrift and will self-destruct in the next 50 years.

The US is not totally immune to this cultural decline. Roughly half the country has past in the post-Christian era and is no longer truly western. We see this split on this board where both former leftist and Libertarians reject the notion of objective morality and endorse practices that are merely social preferences. What is keeping us from or perhaps only delaying our decline is the significance of religion in the native population and immigration from Latin America. Ultimately, Harry is right but not for the reasons he believes. He undoubtedly thinks that our failure to adopt socialism will result in economic collapse. That is far from the truth. The US economy is a juggernaut that is keeping Europe, Japan and China afloat. If the US economy were to collapse we face a global depression. However, We losing our cultural heritage relative to the rest of world, and if this decline is not arrested we will follow Europe into the dustbin of history.

Note to Thibaud on past discussion topics. There is a report that Richard Dawkins, High Priest of the Neo-Darwinian atheists, has joined the Anglican Church. Another secular humanist bites the dust.