Fifteen years of stagnation, self-inflicted wounds, and political denial have left Britain diminished—economically weaker, socially fragmented, and still pretending it’s a major power
The House of Saxe-Coberg and Gotha and the City of London bankers are doing just fine, while the English people suffer from the policies they promote and fund. They will again conscript young paupers to face slaughter for their globalist aims, and blame them if their goals are not achieved. How often will we fall for this?
While the UK may be the Western nation that most obviously wears its decline, I believe many of the rest are following. It simply began earlier in the UK, which for the last 100 years has dined out on its own history. It's tempting of course to blame the UK government, for which there are many examples of neglect and misuse. But I suspect the malaise runs deeper. The public appear discouraged and resigned rather than hopeful and ambitious. Other countries, perhaps without Britain's ethos of 'just muddling through,' might fear an uprising of the populace. Yet the hopelessness seems so woven into the fabric of the nation that even moderate reform, let alone revolution, seems exceedingly unlikely.
The British are still lovely people to engage with because, well, they're Brits. I doubt they even recognize that they have a serious problem. Their malaise has been slow and steady, like a low-grade cancer that produces only vague symptoms. Nevertheless the pathology is unmistakable.
The rest of the Collective West is scarcely any better. The precipitous decline of real wages in the UK is mirrored in every Western nation. Health care is either hideously expensive, as in the US, or stumbling along with longer and longer wait times for countries with socialized health care. Democratic rights? Even those are under constant assault by Western governments that insist that they're only eroding those rights because it's good for you.
Canaries were used in British coal mines of the 1800's to warn of lack of oxygen. Now the entirety of British society is being choked out of existence by its inability to change. Quietly. Politely of course, as that will be the last thing to die in Britain. But the end seems inevitable.
No coal no oil to speak of. Europe and U.K. in particular has nothing to base any wealth on, and is in desperate need of cheap easy to access raw materials. To allow any re industrialisation to happen (it won’t, too late) Was easier back in the day , but they shoot back now when you try to rob them….see Ukraine fiasco. No success stories there unless you read the metro, you do don’t you!
But yeah, we got Chester racecourse ladies day and the zoo, , and can pick up litter in the meadows on way to spend £60 cash to a turk barber outfit for a buzz cut. Vape shops and nails bars. We got it all. All we need is better politicians. Ha ha
Imperialism is like Ouroboros, the snake devouring its own tail and ultimately itself. The City of London, the seat of Empire, is now devouring London itself.
But, but... does anyone have a good idea what Britain might have to do to regain prosperity. I'm interested in this because, as has been mentioned elsewhere in the comments, the rest of the West appears to be falling right behind Britain. The US might fall near to last if for no other reason that it still has immense natural resources to exploit. This essay, and some comments, seem to mourn the fact that Britain has fallen as well as its style in falling. Nowhere do I see what should have been done differently, nor what can be done now to improve its lot.
Its the same story across all of the “west” really. An empire in decline. With the added identity crisis that comes with it. Not sure how its going to end up but you’d hope efforts are made to improve peoples lives. I won’t hold my breath.
You must be very young to believe that the decline started 15 years ago. The politicians sold everything that the nation had bought and paid for over the last 40 years to the highest bidder, the government puts caps on energy but just pays the shareholders the extra, and every town has nothing but corporations sucking the money out of the community to the haven of taxes and it is not much different around the rest of Europe. It's ok tho because the billionaires have spent loads of their ill gotten gains on the AI future, which they will now attempt to make us pay for. So order a McDonald's on Delivero, sit back and watch the latest thing on Netflix as the sun sets over there, far away, beyond the wall of the expensive prison an MP probably owns.
Its hard to talk about the decline of London without talking about the impact of mass migration on its character, but you managed it, almost, was there a tangental reference there at the end, or were you talking about something else? I lived in London in the early 2000s, as a migrant, left in 2005 for home, seems I left it just before the decent.
The House of Saxe-Coberg and Gotha and the City of London bankers are doing just fine, while the English people suffer from the policies they promote and fund. They will again conscript young paupers to face slaughter for their globalist aims, and blame them if their goals are not achieved. How often will we fall for this?
Saxe-Coburg (not lettuce/berg😂).
A well-written essay, thank you.
While the UK may be the Western nation that most obviously wears its decline, I believe many of the rest are following. It simply began earlier in the UK, which for the last 100 years has dined out on its own history. It's tempting of course to blame the UK government, for which there are many examples of neglect and misuse. But I suspect the malaise runs deeper. The public appear discouraged and resigned rather than hopeful and ambitious. Other countries, perhaps without Britain's ethos of 'just muddling through,' might fear an uprising of the populace. Yet the hopelessness seems so woven into the fabric of the nation that even moderate reform, let alone revolution, seems exceedingly unlikely.
The British are still lovely people to engage with because, well, they're Brits. I doubt they even recognize that they have a serious problem. Their malaise has been slow and steady, like a low-grade cancer that produces only vague symptoms. Nevertheless the pathology is unmistakable.
The rest of the Collective West is scarcely any better. The precipitous decline of real wages in the UK is mirrored in every Western nation. Health care is either hideously expensive, as in the US, or stumbling along with longer and longer wait times for countries with socialized health care. Democratic rights? Even those are under constant assault by Western governments that insist that they're only eroding those rights because it's good for you.
Canaries were used in British coal mines of the 1800's to warn of lack of oxygen. Now the entirety of British society is being choked out of existence by its inability to change. Quietly. Politely of course, as that will be the last thing to die in Britain. But the end seems inevitable.
No coal no oil to speak of. Europe and U.K. in particular has nothing to base any wealth on, and is in desperate need of cheap easy to access raw materials. To allow any re industrialisation to happen (it won’t, too late) Was easier back in the day , but they shoot back now when you try to rob them….see Ukraine fiasco. No success stories there unless you read the metro, you do don’t you!
But yeah, we got Chester racecourse ladies day and the zoo, , and can pick up litter in the meadows on way to spend £60 cash to a turk barber outfit for a buzz cut. Vape shops and nails bars. We got it all. All we need is better politicians. Ha ha
Beautifully written.
Imperialism is like Ouroboros, the snake devouring its own tail and ultimately itself. The City of London, the seat of Empire, is now devouring London itself.
But, but... does anyone have a good idea what Britain might have to do to regain prosperity. I'm interested in this because, as has been mentioned elsewhere in the comments, the rest of the West appears to be falling right behind Britain. The US might fall near to last if for no other reason that it still has immense natural resources to exploit. This essay, and some comments, seem to mourn the fact that Britain has fallen as well as its style in falling. Nowhere do I see what should have been done differently, nor what can be done now to improve its lot.
50 people run Britain:
youtube.com/watch?v=f51urcvWmsM
"democracy" up your arse..
Its the same story across all of the “west” really. An empire in decline. With the added identity crisis that comes with it. Not sure how its going to end up but you’d hope efforts are made to improve peoples lives. I won’t hold my breath.
Good Work! Thanks.
You must be very young to believe that the decline started 15 years ago. The politicians sold everything that the nation had bought and paid for over the last 40 years to the highest bidder, the government puts caps on energy but just pays the shareholders the extra, and every town has nothing but corporations sucking the money out of the community to the haven of taxes and it is not much different around the rest of Europe. It's ok tho because the billionaires have spent loads of their ill gotten gains on the AI future, which they will now attempt to make us pay for. So order a McDonald's on Delivero, sit back and watch the latest thing on Netflix as the sun sets over there, far away, beyond the wall of the expensive prison an MP probably owns.
Its hard to talk about the decline of London without talking about the impact of mass migration on its character, but you managed it, almost, was there a tangental reference there at the end, or were you talking about something else? I lived in London in the early 2000s, as a migrant, left in 2005 for home, seems I left it just before the decent.
A rock dirge😶🌫️