The Fate of Britain: Is Britain the Austria-Hungary of the 21st Century?

 

Several months ago, the entire UK had been in intense celebration for the Jubilee weekend. From street parties to Union Jacks hanging from people’s houses, the entire country had been swept into a frenzy. Millions had been given the day off work to join in with the celebrations and remain glued to their TV sets, watching the processions carry out with the rather impressive spectacle of ships sailing past on the river Thames, an event not seen since the days of Charles I. However, the rest of the celebrations reduced to famous celebrities singing pop songs and the masses, the majority of them white British, waving their Union Jack flags around in lemming-minded celebration.

I, however, did not view the Jubilee weekend as a time of celebration. In fact, the entire event filled me with cynical sadness. The truth of the matter is that the Jubilee weekend was merely an excuse to get out and party. When the celebrations finally ended, the British masses rolled up their Union Jacks, stored them in a dusty old box somewhere, and continued on as they have been doing for the past sixty years – that is, remaining a highly tolerant and liberal mass, continuing on with the current agenda without a firm whimper of protest.

I will confess that I did watch parts of the procession, especially the River Thames affair. However, what caught my attention wasn’t the Queen standing by for hours and waving at the end flags of union jacks. What piqued my interest was when one of the BBC presenters covering the event made the following statement: “In 150 years, historians will look back on this event as one of the most important of the early 21st century.” That statement clicked in my mind straight away.

I have often wondered to myself how long will Great Britain, let alone England, survive? The question that must be asked is: Will this event just be one of many in the continuing history of these Isles? Or have we ultimately reached the end of our national lifespan? Unlike the masses that believe everything will stay the same as it always has done, I and other critics believe that may very well not be the case.

I stumbled across an article a few days ago by the infamous “Great Historian” (if you can call him “great”) Niall Ferguson. Writing for the Daily Beast, Ferguson has titled his article as “London’s Last Waltz”.¹ Despite the rather sobering yet depressing title, I must agree with Ferguson’s honesty. In the article, Ferguson compares Elizabeth II to Emperor Franz Josef celebrating his birthday 100 years ago. Like Britain today, the Austro-Hungarian Empire stood at the precipice of history. In 1912, the once famous Hapsburgs awed the world just as the Windsors do today. The old Austro-Hungarian Empire stood firm, millions of her citizens looking up to the Hapsburgs as the rightful rulers and heirs of a country that had formed into a united empire in 1804 and then a dual monarchy by 1866. A century previous to 1912, the Hapsburg Empire could stretch its military might into the heart of central Europe and was a power to be reckoned with.

By 1912, the Empire had become a shadow to the advanced industrial powerhouse of the German empire, yet still remained a prominent world power. By 1918, it was all over, with the Hapsburgs being stripped of their power and the empire being splintered into separate republican ethno-states, Austria included. No Austrian proudly celebrating Franz Josef’s birthday back in 1912 could have envisioned that by the year 2012, the Hapsburgs would be nothing more than a footnote in the history books, only eccentric history buffs showing any interest in the family.

The question we must ask ourselves is, Will Britain follow the same path as the old empire? Ferguson hints at the fact and identifies the problems facing Britain today which mirror the Austro-Hungarian Empire of 1912: a declining economy, the “Muslim question” rather than the Jewish question, and declining military power to boot. Sadly, it is safe to say that when the Royal Navy has to share an aircraft carrier with France out of all countries, Britain’s role in the world is clearly diminishing. Ferguson also points out the possibility of Scotland and even Wales withdrawing from the Union; such secessions ultimately would be a death knell for the United Kingdom, with petty nationalism leading the way to a break-up in the spirit of the old Kaiserreich. To conclude, Ferguson points out that London celebrating the Jubilee and the Olympics could very well be the “Radetzky March” of Great Britain, the “Last Hurrah” of the British people and empire, the ultimate calm before the storm. While I concur with Ferguson’s points and can see the similarities, there are also significant ways in which modern Britain does differ from Austria-Hungary.

What we have to remember is that it took a Great War to ultimately place the final nail in Austria-Hungary’s coffin. The Great War accelerated the process of collapse and decline. Whilst tensions are high in the world, the question of whether a Third World War will occur at this time is debatable. It will probably not be a major war that will destroy Britain. Rather, Britain will continue to commit suicide by itself without anyone else pulling the trigger. Comparing the two powers, the Austro-Hungarian Empire of 1912 was a proud nation that was staunchly Catholic in its beliefs and traditions. Although the empire did eventually split up a decade later, the majority ethno-groups living in various parts of the empire had the opportunity to reforge a new destiny for themselves into a various collection of independent republics.

Today’s Britain has no such luxury, with reports that the native white British population will reach minority status by 2066.² While that might still seem like a long way off, the latest reports and census findings indicates that throughout towns and cities across the UK, white Brits are becoming a minority, with the tipping point already being crossed in cities such as London, Leicester, and Birmingham. The latest census findings indicate that the white British population of London is shockingly at 45%, a huge drop from around 58% only ten years prior.³ Professor David Coleman from Oxford University, writing for the Prospect magazine, himself commented in regards to the 2066 “cut-off” date that it  is “a milestone that would be passed much earlier in younger age groups.”⁴ Professor Coleman also noted that even if immigration were severely reduced to 80,000 a year, the native white British population would still reach minority status by the 2080s.

In regards to religious values, the country remains a bedrock of egalitarian insanity and staunch atheism. During a papal visit in 2010, Cardinal Walter Kasper remarked, “[A]n aggressive new atheism has spread in England,” noting that wearing a cross on British Airways will even result in discrimination.⁵ The Cardinal also left another unfavourable comment regarding Britain: “When you land at Heathrow Airport, you sometimes think you might have landed in a Third World country.” It was this comment that sealed the Cardinal’s fate. Diplomatic protests in Britain caused the Vatican to pull Cardinal Kasper from the trip, citing grounds of “ill health” as the reason for the Cardinal’s withdrawal. Yet, to any astute observer arriving at Heathrow Airport and seeing postmodern Britain, the Cardinal’s observation is very much correct.

Another key factor is that Britain is now ruled over by the European Union, with between 50% and 75% of laws being established in Brussels alone.⁶ Listening to one of the Queen’s recent addresses to Parliament, focusing on the country’s need to help out disabled children, just goes to show how much power has been ceded from the country to that globalist power in the making. Even the Austro-Hungarian Empire still had control over its military and political structure, something the British government has surrendered to Brussels without much protest from the British people.

If Britain is to die, unlike Austria which was defeated militarily, Britain will die by its own hand. It will be a combined effect of changing demographics, petty separatism, a weak economy, weak religious values, and surrendered powers that will finish the empire over which “the sun never sets”. Sometimes I do wonder to myself if our true “last hurrah” was the Falklands War in 1982, with everything else being a mere continuation of our ultimate death and decline.

As I look back on the parades and the Union Jack flag waving, I will ask the questions: Will Great Britain survive to the year 2112? Will the Windsors still govern the country? Or will my country, like Austria-Hungary, also be relegated to the history books? Will Britain collapse even worse then Austria-Hungary? Given the way things are progressing, even I remain pessimistic and somehow doubt that the Britain we know today will even exist by the 22nd century.

Let us all pray and hope that God grants a miracle to Britain, that as a nation we will be redeemed for our sins, and that forever until the end, the children of Japheth will continue to reside in England’s “green and pleasant” land.

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