Europe’s vanishing calm

Atheistic nihilism and a soulless modernism — not religious piety and a reverence for custom and tradition — fueled German and Italian fascism and Russian Communism. Contrary to politically correct dogma, Christianity, military deterrence, democracy, and veneration of a unique past did not destroy Europe. Instead, the culprit of European decline was the very absence of such ancient values – both then and now. ^[1]