Padma keeps telling me, "You should visit Germany again", but I keep resisting, and after what I've read on the internet under the heading "Europe is falling apart", I also stopped listening:
"I’ve just left for a visit to Germany. Only a family medical emergency could make me willing to come. I’m visiting my hometown to see my sick mum. I was born here. But that only seems to make it worse.
First, the airport was in chaos because of a Lufthansa strike. It was like being in a third-world country. Not five seconds out of the airport’s baggage hall, I was accosted by a foreign beggar.
Now I feel like the only German native in the city. I can’t understand anyone because spoken German has become a hybrid language full of foreign influences and pronunciation. When I last visited, it was still German. The German restaurants serving local dishes are also gone.
Each time I throw something in a rubbish bin, someone rushes up to pull it back out again. They get paid a few cents for bringing it to the recycling centre.
It feels like I’m in a foreign country. Only the architecture still stands. Even the cars are foreign-made, including the German ones.
The hospital that’s taking care of my mother just gave me a 30,000 euro bill. That’s about AUD$50,000. A third of which hasn’t even been incurred yet. It’s a precautionary pre-payment. Apparently, I’ll get some back if the bill doesn’t run up that far. Illegal immigrants and refugees get free healthcare, of course. Germans don't.
Only one person working at the hospital is a native German. And the rest don’t exactly hit the stereotype of a German medical professional. One of the doctors forgot to remove the remnants of his blue eye shadow and red rouge. He must’ve had an interesting weekend.
Of course, some of the culture shock isn't exactly new. The shops don't just close on a Sunday, but for lunch between 12 and 2. The Germans still use fax machines. It's impossible to get anything done without appointments. And the people were always rude. But, minor inefficiencies aside, Germany clearly isn't very German anymore."
Of course, Australia is experiencing its own political instability over immigration. I don’t need to tell you. You are living it. And you can see the One Nation polling. But Germany, and the rest of Europe, show us how the change manifests itself. It's a warning of what's to come: dire economic and financial consequences as in Europe, economic stagnation, political standoffs, frequent changes in government, and a complete refusal to cut immigration. We are just a few years behind.
During another even more benighted time, Germans were given free copies of "Mein Kampf". Today every German should be given a free copy and made to read Thilo Sarrazin's book "Deutschland schafft sich ab".
So you don't come from "the land of poets and thinkers" and can't read German? Here's another book by Thilo Sarrazin, translated into English:
"The lagging behind of the Islamic World, the lack of integration of Muslims in Germany and Europe, the oppression of women and the high birth rate of Muslims are a consequence of the cultural influence of Islam. Thilo Sarrazin shows in his book that Islam is the origin of the trouble.
All tendencies to reform Islam and interpret it historically and critically have failed so far. Thilo Sarrazin is obviously the only German decision-maker who has ever read the Koran from cover to cover and therefore he is able to show that the obstacles to reform are inherent in the Koran itself. He understands that the Koran is a Book of Law. No country where Muslims are in the majority has religious freedom or a functioning democracy.
The Islamic world as a whole is suffering from explosive population growth and its fanaticism is constantly increasing. The proportion of Muslims in Germany and Europe is also continuing to grow due to immigration and persistently high birth rates. If this trend continues, Muslims in Germany and Europe are on the way to becoming a majority. This is a dangerous threat to our Western Culture and Society that we must protect ourselves from."
