From the perspective of a traditionalist Roman Catholic priest (of the breakaway Latin Mass group The Society of Saint Pius X), this is an honest and insightful analysis of the internal causes of the current destruction of Albion by population replacement; and, at the end, a clear recognition that the only possible solution is first a Christian awakening.
The question of immigration is certainly a political question. But it is
pre-eminently a philosophical question touching on the purpose of life.
Do our people still have a zest for life? Are they ready to make
efforts in proportion to the end? As I see it, it is only a renewed
Christianity which can restore to our nation a taste for eternal life,
and then, for life on earth.
Angelus Press: Today, the real problem is illegal immigration.
Fr. Celier: To approach this difficult question, let’s try to understand better the reasons for emigration and immigration. The principal cause of emigration, as we have said, is poverty, misery. Now what are the causes of immigration, that is, the choice to enter one country rather than another? For starters, there are two obvious reasons. First, immigration is desired by the host country to obtain workers to fill the jobs that the citizens don’t do (hard work, paltry pay, difficulties, etc.). Second, immigration is chosen by the immigrant based on the peace and prosperity of the host country.
But then, there are two less obvious reasons. Politics is the art of what can be done based on what is. The first reality to take into account is the “biological” reality. A country whose population is stagnating, diminishing, or aging, creates a vacuum for younger, more active, poorer peoples.
The second reason is a corollary of the first. A country that no longer has children is a country that has lost confidence in itself, its culture, its history and its values. It is plagued with “cosmopolitanism” meaning, not so much a generous welcome of others, but rather the stagnation which preludes death. The immigrants sense that, in this depressed country, they can keep their own customs while benefiting from the local wealth, for the natives no longer have a zest for life and camouflage this death wish beneath a false notion of welcome and sharing.
Angelus Press: Your vision, if realistic, is hardly optimistic.
Fr. Celier: For me, when a prosperous country suffers from a real and persistent problem of immigration, the causes are more internal than external. The earth is huge. So, why would immigrants choose a particular country if they were not sure of finding a niche for their family? A strong country, proud of its values, young mentally and demographically, whose citizens are ready to make themselves respected, will know how to regulate immigration. A country aging mentally and demographically, because of its refusal to give life and to believe in itself, is an easy prey for the uncontrolled migratory masses.
Angelus Press: Why are the current European governments so ineffectual against the phenomenon of immigration?
Fr. Celier: Each one is the guardian of its laws. A people that no longer wants to do hard work will be invaded by the immigrants who offer their hands. A nation which no longer wants to have children will be invaded by prolific immigrants. A nation that no longer wants to defend itself will have an army of immigrants. Such is the hard law of life: old nations have no seat at the banquet of humanity.
Angelus Press: Is there a solution?
Fr. Celier: Solutions resembling palliative care have seen the day, trying to limit immigration. But the solution is the rebirth of our nations. And this happens only by demographic growth, by a taste for work, by the love of one’s own values, by fidelity towards our history. And, this should come along with an effective political policy of co-development to enable the poor populations to stay at home in peace.
The question of immigration is certainly a political question. But it is pre-eminently a philosophical question touching on the purpose of life. Do our people still have a zest for life? Are they ready to make efforts in proportion to the end? As I see it, it is only a renewed Christianity which can restore to our nation a taste for eternal life, and then, for life on earth.
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A really perceptive reversal of the usual perspective. He's got to the heart of the matter and the root of the problem, I think
A Christian rebirth first. Everything else will flow from that to the long-term benefit of all parties.
Could Romantic Christianity be the spark required? It's hard to see otherwise how this Renaissance will come about. Unlikely, one feels, to be through the usual channels, certainly as they are in GB. Mainstream churches have got their optics on immigration and other matters a bit off-beam at the moment.
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