The Fall of The West

https://unherd.com/author/john-michael-greer/

Dec 31, 2024

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December 2024: The DOOM Review – A Prelude to 2025’s Unraveling: As 2025 approaches, the signs of systemic collapse grow ever clearer. Energy shortages, economic stagflation, & social unrest define the month’s trajectory, while geopolitical tensions push the world closer to the brink of conflict. The Western world struggles with deindustrialization, demographic decline, & an increasing inability to maintain infrastructure. Meanwhile, the Global South experiences escalating resource conflicts & migrant surges toward a crumbling Europe. With 2025 looming, what key events from December 2024 set the stage for the next phase of the Industrial Twilight?

Prolegomena: Well, better late than never, I suppose! 😅

The Monthly DOOM Review for December is finally out after a four-week delay. Many Apologies again to all my Dear Listeners & Readers for any inconvenience!

You know the drill by now, Dear Listeners & Readers! 😊

Please be sure to Subscribe & Follow all the Good Sirs that Yours Truly & Sir

Kenaz Filan

have hosted throughout the DOOM-ful month of December.

Without further adieu, here they are! 😊

Grandmaster of DOOM, JMG:

https://www.resilience.org/resilience-author/john-michael-greer/

https://www.ecosophia.net

Sir Kenaz’s Excellent Stack Duo:

The Terrific Sir Copernican:

Brother Brecht’s Wonderful Stack:

The Eminent Professor Rachel:

Sir Cleveland’s Epic Stack:

Sir Uncouth’s Lovely Stack Duo:

Aridoamerica Central:

Sir Tom’s Intriguing Stack:

Pater’s Magnificient Stack-Duo:

Sir Malcom’s Wonderful Writing:

Essays & Articles at UnHerd

Essays & Articles at The New Statesmen

As for Yours Truly… I began recording The DOOM Merchant Speaks! to give my Paid/Premium Readers & Listeners some lovely 15-minute rants to better supplement all the lovely DOOM-speech that they already partake in over here at the furnace.

If you havent done so already, feel free, Dear Listeners & Readers, to pitch in some Dinars so that you too can partake of said unhinged rants from your favourite DOOM Merchant, while also supporting my Smelting Operations at the DOOM Furnace! 😉

Yours Truly also did a dictation / reading aloud of Grandmaster of DOOM,

John Michael Greer

’s all time classic essay How Civilizations Fall: A Theory of Catabolic Collapse (2005) in Faustian Man's Demise Will Be Catabolic.

Finally, the lovely Sir

Constantin von Hoffmeister

& the frens over at

Arktos Journal

published my standalone essay Eurabia & Eurafrica Are Europe's Future, for which I am equal parts grateful & honoured. Thank You Again to all said Good Sirs! 😀

Attached below, per usual, are all said toils for the month, Dear Readers & Listeners!

May You all have a most displeasing, DOOM-full Read (& Listen)! 😉

December 5

Eurabiamania 62: Doom, Despair and Agony: Like & Subscribe

In this episode Kenaz Filan and Ahnaf Ibn Qais are joined by Substacker extraordinaire Copernican. We have spirited discussions on topics ranging from world events to cryptocurrency, Korean coups, monotheism, resource exhaustion, and other DOOMful discussions. Tune in and don’t forget to like and subscribe…

2 months ago · 8 likes · 3 comments · Kenaz Filan, Copernican, and Ahnaf Ibn Qais

December 7

Eurabiamania 63: Two Muslims and a Catholic Walk Into a Podcast

In this episode Kenaz and Ahnaf welcome historian, Eurasianist, and geopolitical expert Brecht Jonkers. A Belgian revert to Islam, Brecht offers his thoughts on the Syrian civil conflict, the European demographic crisis, and what we can expect in the near future. (Spoiler alert: it’s DOOM). Tune in, get informed, and don’t forget to like and subscribe…

2 months ago · 9 likes · 6 comments · Kenaz Filan, Ahnaf Ibn Qais, and Brecht Jonkers

December 9

Eurabiamania 64: Learn Some F@^<ing European History

In this episode Ahnaf and Kenaz are joined by Rachel Fulton Brown. Dr. Brown is a leading medieval scholar and Friend of Milo (it’s sort of like being a Friend of Dorothy, only for heterosexuals). We discuss St. Augustine, the Virgin Mary, irreligious Religious Studies scholars, Islamic/Christian relations, and Crusader Kingdoms. Join the show, learn so…

2 months ago · 6 likes · 1 comment · Kenaz Filan, Ahnaf Ibn Qais, and Fencing Bear at Prayer

December 14

Eurabiamania 65: This Brief Interlude Brought to You by Elon Musk

This is our first attempt to set up a Space on Xitter. We’re joined by Brecht Jonkers for a discussion of Syria and Middle Eastern geopolitics in the wake of the Assad collapse. If you’d like to see us participating in more and longer Xitter Spaces, let us know and don’t forget to like and subscribe…

2 months ago · 4 likes · 1 comment · Kenaz Filan, Brecht Jonkers, and Ahnaf Ibn Qais

December 15

The 'Culture Wars' Are Cope For Those Who've Given Up On Kitchen Table Issues.

December 15, 2024

The 'Culture Wars' Are Cope For Those Who've Given Up On Kitchen Table Issues.

The Culture Wars as Cope for Abandoned Kitchen Table Issues, 21st Century: In a society where the culture wars have become a dominant force in politics, there is a growing sense that kitchen table issues--the everyday struggles of working-class families--have been neglected. As political discourse centers around divisive cultural debates, ordinary peopl…

December 16

Eurabiamania 66: Western Hemisphere Pt. 1 (El Far Norte)

In this episode Kenaz and Ahnaf are joined by two of our regular guests, Tom Kawczynski and Aspen. We were going to discuss North American and Latin American relations — but then we heard about Trudeau’s troubles and so the discussion moved on to Canada. (Sorry we couldn’t get our friend…

a month ago · 11 likes · 1 comment · Kenaz Filan, Ahnaf Ibn Qais, Aspen, and Tom Kawczynski

December 18

Faustian Man's Demise Will Be Catabolic

December 18, 2024

The End of Faustian Man: A Catabolic Collapse of Western Civilization- In the waning days of the Faustian spirit, the once unyielding drive for limitless progress, expansion, and domination is met with the brutal reality of catabolic collapse. This is not a sudden, cataclysmic end but a slow unravelling of Western civilization’s intricate systems. Once …

December 22

The Great Replacement Is Inevitable Since No People Or Nation Can Be 'Immutable.'

December 22, 2024

The Great Replacement Is Inevitable Since No People Or Nation Can Be 'Immutable.'

The Great Replacement: The Inevitable Flow of History and Human Change- History shows that no people or nation is immutable, and the concept of The Great Replacement is simply a reflection of the cyclical nature of human civilization. As migration, technology, and culture evolve, so too do the identities of peoples and nations. No nation can remain enti…

December 23

Eurabia & Eurafrica Are Europe's Future

December 23, 2024

Prolegomena: Please head over to Arktos Journal to read this essay in full, where it was first published. For those Dear Listeners & Readers who choose to continue (or come back! 😉) over here, feel free to listen to the Full Voiceover for this piece above.

Eurabia and Eurafrica Are Europe’s Future

Arktos Journal

Ahnaf Ibn Qais argues that the European peninsula is rapidly bifurcating into novel cultural and civilizational poles, with the nascent Eurafrica and Eurabia pair taking shape in western and southern Europe, thanks to the brute forces of demographic transition and mass migration…

a month ago · 15 likes · 13 comments · Ahnaf Ibn Qais

December 24

Eurabiamania 67: Season's Greetings from Aridoamerica and Eurabia

As 2024 comes to a close, Kenaz Filan and Ahnaf Ibn Qais had a comfy Christmas Eve discussion with our friend Aspen. If you want a non-Nationalist White Christmas pull up a chair, grab a beverage of your choice, and enjoy our discussions about Latin America, the impending Gringofication of northern Mexico, and the rise of a post-Faustian culture in the wake of the Great American Col…

a month ago · 5 likes · 1 comment · Kenaz Filan, Ahnaf Ibn Qais, and Aspen

December 26

Eurabiamania 68: What's Coming Next? DOOM, DOOM and DOOM

As 2024 comes to an end, Ahnaf Ibn Qais and yrs. truly are joined by Uncouth Barbarian and Texas Arcane for some speculations on what happened this year and we can expect for 2025. Pull up a chair, have some Christmas leftovers, and join in the conversation with your favorite gang of DOOMers…

a month ago · 5 likes · 15 comments · Kenaz Filan, Uncouth Barbarian, Texas Arcane, and Ahnaf Ibn Qais

December 28

Eurabiamania 69: Do Not Insult India, Saar

In this episode Kenaz and Ahnaf discuss the Great Pajeet War with two of our favorite guests, Texas Arcane and Uncouth Barbarian. What happens when MAGA Diehards learn their Fearless Leader may not have been entirely truthful about his immigration plans? Will America become Canada with better weather? Who is Elon Musk going to demonetize and deplatform next? Tune in to learn more…

a month ago · 6 likes · 2 comments · Kenaz Filan, Ahnaf Ibn Qais, Uncouth Barbarian, and Texas Arcane

December 29

Man's Destiny Is To Die Down Here On Earth; Nobody Will Be Going To The Stars.

December 29, 2024

Man's Destiny Is To Die Down Here On Earth; Nobody Will Be Going To The Stars.

Man’s Destiny Is To Die Down Here On Earth: The End of Expansion- In the late 31st century, the final remnants of humanity are left to confront the inevitable truth: no one will be going to the stars. Once, the human race dreamed of conquering the cosmos, but centuries of overpopulation, resource depletion, and ecological collapse have made that ambitio…

December 31

Eurabiamania 70: It's the End of the Year as We Know It, and We Feel Doomed

In this episode we’re joined by two old guests to wind up 2024 and hope for better things in 2025. Aenean prophet Tree of Woe joins Swedish journalist and Juche respecter Malcom Kyeyune for several hours of talk about optimism, pessimism and the various definitions of “American.” Tune in, turn on, and don’t forget to like and subscribe…