One of the most curious paradoxes of our present time is that the Christian mentality has ended up becoming one of the main problems of the West.

Today that same civilization lives trapped in a moral framework that demands it turn the other cheek even when the blow is obvious, as if self-defense were a theological sin.

In Europe’s international politics this is evident. Where are the men?

Even more striking, the “ex-Christian theologians” of our time have no problem blessing foreign imperialisms so long as they are not Hebrew.

Bolivarian expansions: tolerated.Russian expansions: justified or relativized.Jihadist expansions: explained away as “social problems.”

But the moment Israel responds to attacks with force, the magic words of the modern moral discourse suddenly appear: racism, fascism, colonialism, Nazism…

The catechism of hatred echoes from the accuser’s own heart.

Curiously, this left-wing incantation works perfectly against the European white man, who has been morally neutered by fifty years of ideological propaganda. Yet somehow the blame is still placed on the Jew who returns to his ancestral land to reclaim what he believes is his inheritance.

In contrast, Judaism sees itself as continuity: a memory that runs through generations and an identity that knows where it comes from and where it is going.

Then comes the civic nationalism proposed by the modern left: belonging based on constitutions, norms, and electoral consensus. A model that clashes directly with the idea of a people guided by eternal values rather than shifting majorities.

Meanwhile, in the twenty-first century, much of the West pushes in the opposite direction:

absolute individualism,the dissolution of identities,globalized consumption to the rhythm of McDonalds,and endless cultural experimentation arranged like shelves in a global supermarket.

And in that landscape stands Israel.

Israel is uncomfortable because it does not play according to the West’s current moral script. Israel does not turn the other cheek. Israel answers with force.

And that breaks the mental framework of a Europe that no longer knows how to defend itself.

The same patriots who denounce the decline of Spain, France, or Germany rarely acknowledge that many of Europe’s internal conflicts are tied to far wider international dynamics: the Middle East, Iran, regional wars, migration flows.

It is easier to invent simple conspiracies:

George Soros.The Jews control this.The Jews control that.

Yet at the end of the day no one forces anyone to live irresponsibly, to avoid building families, or to replace children with dogs. Personal decisions have exponential consequences, and I name them without hesitation.

The real problem of the West is not some omnipotent external enemy. It is at home: the empty womb of purpose.

A necessary tikkun if men and women are ever to rediscover meaning beyond material consumption, something politicians and corporations are more than willing to exploit. That is Capitalist they say…

The story already begins in Genesis/Bereshit with Eve facing a shining fruit. The temptation is not simply knowledge, but the promise of becoming a god rather than living under God. Ego against Hashem.

The result of that choice is a civilization slowly dissolving. Not a conspiracy, but an uncontrolled hypergamy misnamed freedom, one that ultimately leads to cultural extinction.

The necropolis we inhabit today in Europe crucifies itself with a morality of compassionate superiority. Each nail of virtue signaling adds another thorn to the crown that makes the native population bleed, while tomorrow is aborted for the pleasure of yesterday.

But history does not end there. It may only be beginning.

Sometimes defending life also means striking back.

To live, one must sometimes be willing to die. And that is why Israel raises the right arm to strike with truth.

Shema Israel, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad.

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