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The West is going through an incredibly tumultuous period. It has been in slow decline for decades. The Covid fiasco marked the beginning of the current more rapid decline. This decline can be blamed almost entirely on Government policy that has created new crises (e.g., health crisis) and deepened existing crises (e.g., cost of living crisis). The Establishment have done an exemplary job of halting any meaningful resistance as well as continuing to advance their agendas. They have done this through the use of controlled opposition. See my posts. Controlled Opposition and Divide and Conquer, A Different Left-Right Paradigm and, more recently, my post The Left Right Left Right March Intensifies
I believe we are soon reaching a point of significant change in Europe and shortly afterwards in North America. I have discussed in several posts the impending collapse of Western society. See my post A Possible Grim Reality from 2021 and my series of posts starting with Global Collapse – Part 1: Deagel Predictions.
Since writing those posts, the West has continued to move closer to collapse. Once this has happened, it becomes easier for Governments to implement Establishment solutions that give them more power (e.g., surveillance systems to monitor both physical and online activity).
There is the possibility that society will not collapse but instead perennially teeter on the edge of collapse. This approach focuses around fear as a method of control rather than the actual collapse of society. The Covid fiasco began primarily as a fear-driven initiative to control people’s actions and was largely successful. The war in Ukraine has been used to direct fear towards an external enemy, Russia.
I feel the current state of decline is beyond just sustained teetering on the edge. The inertia of the decline is likely to be unstoppable, and recent events have almost confirmed that to be the case. It is most likely just a matter of time.
There is the possibility the Establishment could go a few steps further than collapse and pursue the destruction of Western countries. The Establishment has played a key role in destroying many countries around the world. They have done so through actions such as sanctions and support of civil wars. This is done for reasons such as controlling a country’s resources (e.g., Cameroon), controlling a country that is occupying land of strategic significance (e.g., Syria), or if the country serves some role in advancing another part of the Establishment’s agenda (e.g., Libya).
Western countries have been immune from destruction. They served as the beacon of light for democracy that the Establishment has used to infiltrate other countries. Suffering imposed on the Western countries has been more fear-based than actual catastrophe. We cannot assume that will always be the position of the Establishment. This will only remain the case for as long as that is in the perceived best interests of those with the most influence in the Establishment.
The extent of the actions of Governments indicates Western countries in their current form are no longer desirable. I discuss the desire of the Establishment to destroy Western countries at length in the final section of my post, Deliberate Incompetence as a Cover for Self-Destructive Policy.
In this post, I cover two different areas that indicate that the Establishment are planning on a forced restructuring of the West. For this restructuring to take place, many Western countries will need to fail catastrophically. This failure could be far beyond what I discussed in posts from just a few years ago. The first area discussed is global conflict, and the second area is mass migration. This could ultimately lead to mass replacement.
Global Conflict
The presence of war around the world continues to grow.
The war in Ukraine remains unresolved. It appears it could be becoming even more dangerous. Several NATO countries (e.g., the UK, France, and Germany) are eager to become more involved in the war. For example, they continue to provoke the Russian people by supplying long-range weapons to the Ukrainian military, which are being used to hit civilian populations. This is likely to lead to sufficient support for the Russian government to attack NATO countries directly.
The war in the Middle East does not appear to be ending any time soon. No deal has been signed between the US and Iran. A new defence pact has been signed between Türkiye, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia called the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement. There is a high chance that other countries such as Egypt, Qatar, and even Iran could join this pact. There is also a possibility that the war in the Middle East could merge with the war in Europe.
There are threats of war elsewhere around the world. There is the potential conflict between China and Taiwan, which the US Establishment has been provoking for years. Pakistan and India have a fragile ceasefire. The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement could complicate matters if Pakistan and India return to war. There is also the threat of war between Thailand and Cambodia after their brief conflict in 2025. Argentina is threatening the UK over the Falkland Islands.
Currently, the two most significant wars for the West are the one between Russia and Ukraine and the Iran War/Middle East War.
There is a long history of tensions between Russia and the West (NATO), which dates back long before the Cold War. The most recent heightened tensions have their roots in the breaking up/collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia and most of the other countries that split from the Soviet Union went through at least a decade of economic and social collapse. This was largely caused by the rapid privatisation of industry. Government assets were sold at massive discounts to corrupt former officials (NPR). Read my post: Are we heading for World War 3? for a detailed description of this collapse.
NATO took advantage of Russia’s weakened state by expanding significantly eastwards in the late 90s and early 2000s. These countries included Poland, Czechia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. These countries are Eastern European. Most of these countries were either part of the former Soviet Union (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) or had close alliances with the Soviet Union through the Warsaw Pact (Poland, Czechia, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania). The West turned these countries against Russia when it was at its most vulnerable. They fundamentally did so using propaganda spread by Western media and NGOs. This was so that they could cement the pro-West leadership that was ushered in during the collapse of the Soviet Union (Frank Furedi).
In 1999, Vladimir Putin became president of Russia. Even though Putin has not behaved as a quasi-puppet leader like his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, he has cooperated with and tolerated the actions of Western nations. The Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania joined NATO during his time as president. Russia was in no position to do anything about it. These countries had been under strong Western influence for over a decade.
The colour revolutions (Ukraine, Georgia, and Kyrgyzstan) that occurred during Putin’s presidency were not tolerated. The Orange Revolution in Ukraine and the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan were reversed in less than a decade. Georgians did not universally accept the Rose Revolution in Georgia. This was particularly true of the separatists in South Ossetia. In 2008, Georgia attacked South Ossetia to bring it under full control of the Georgian leadership. Russia intervened to protect South Ossetia. The Georgian military were defeated in five days. This led to Russia declaring South Ossetia an independent state. They have maintained a military presence ever since. No western country acknowledges South Ossetia’s independence.
The second colour revolution in Ukraine (Euromaidan) led to the current war in Ukraine. Western NGOs played a major role in spreading anti-Russian and pro-Western propaganda as well as facilitating youth movements to rise up against the Ukrainian Government (Open Society Foundation).
The Euromaidan revolution was not tolerated by a large proportion of the Ukrainian population living in the east of Ukraine. This started the ‘War for Independence’. Some of the strongest opposition came from Crimea. Russia intervened by annexing Crimea from Ukraine. Shortly afterwards, a referendum was conducted, which reaffirmed the people of Crimea’s desire for the territory to come under Russian control.
Separatist groups in the Donbass Region desired to break off from Ukraine. They declared the independent states Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). This declaration was supported by Russia, but not by the Ukrainian Government.
In February 2015, an agreement (i.e., Minsk 2) was made between the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany and representatives from Donetsk and Luhansk in an ‘effort’ to maintain peace. Key aspects of this agreement were that Donetsk and Luhansk would remain part of Ukraine but would be allowed to elect their own leadership, thus allowing them some autonomy from Ukraine’s centralised control. The separatists agreed they would disarm, and foreign forces/mercenaries (e.g., Wagner Group) would leave.
The Minsk Agreement was never fulfilled because the Ukrainian Government and Western backers did not intend to allow Donetsk and Luhansk long-term semi-autonomy from the Ukrainian central Government. Therefore, the separatists did not disarm, and neither did the foreign mercenaries. The fighting between both sides continued. According to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Minsk Agreement was intended to delay confrontation with Russia while enabling Ukraine to build up its military with the help of NATO countries (World Socialist Website).
The ongoing conflict meant people in the Donbass Region were excluded from both the 2014 and 2019 Ukraine elections. This meant pro-Western candidates were guaranteed to win, thus fully ensuring NATO’s control over Ukraine while it built up its military.
In late 2021, Russia built up a significant number of troops (100,000+) on the Ukrainian border, and Ukraine did likewise in the Donbas conflict zone (100,000+) (Military History).
In 2022, the Minsk Agreement was officially terminated when the Russian Government officially recognised Luhansk and Donetsk as independent states. A few days later, Russia attacked Ukraine, claiming to be protecting the newly created states from a Ukrainian attack.
Russia could have attacked Ukraine in 2014 or 2015 and could have easily claimed the whole Donbass Region. Ukraine’s military would have been much easier to defeat prior to NATO intervention. It could be argued that Putin wanted to give diplomacy a chance to succeed. This seems unlikely considering that most violence that occurred in the Donbass Region was in 2014 and 2015 and not just prior to 2022.
It could be argued that Putin believed he could have intimidated Ukraine into accepting a quick agreement to end the war with Russia that would favour the newly created states. This almost occurred in Istanbul. However, Putin would have known that Ukraine’s backers would never allow a quick capitulation. He also knows the West’s history towards Russia. Evidence suggests that Putin wanted a prolonged war as much as the leaders in the West. It is also convenient that this war began immediately after the Covid fiasco. Thus, sending the world straight back into turmoil and crisis.
Vladimir Putin is a key player in the Establishment. His role is to keep Russia the main enemy of the West. Attacking Ukraine in the manner Russia did made it easy for Western media to villainise Russian. This was followed immediately by the banning of Russian media in the West, thus giving the West complete control of the narrative of the war in the West.
The Russian Government has successfully maintained control of the narrative in Russia. They have successfully framed the war as an existential threat to Russia, which must be won for the sake of the survival of the Russian Federation. As the war evolves, it becomes more obvious that there is truth to this narrative. Four years later, Vladimir Putin has managed to maintain overwhelming support from the Russians despite the duration of the war.
NATO countries have continuously flooded Ukraine with weapons, vastly depleting their own stockpiles. Ukrainian armed forces have valiantly fought the Russian military but have taken huge losses (Signs of the Times). In response, they have rapidly conscripted men and have sent them to the frontlines without adequate training. This has compounded Ukraine’s losses even further. We could argue Ukraine’s soldiers have become cannon fodder in this war.
The war has taken a huge toll on Ukraine’s economy (30% GDP contraction in the first year of the war). It is no longer self-sufficient. It only survives because of support from the West (US$168 billion in economic support (OSW).
Ukraine is a vassal state to the West. Their role is that of a proxy military, which the West is willing to sacrifice against Russia. If no peace deal is reached, Ukraine will eventually be destroyed.
The destruction of Ukraine is unlikely to end the war. The puppet European NATO leaders will continue the war in some manner. Other countries might be offered as proxies, or NATO will send their troops to fight Russia. Either way, the cost will be very high for the European NATO countries. These countries lack trained troops and have shortages of weapons (Defense Magazine).
Many of these countries will turn to mandatory conscription in the coming years. This is likely to lead to civil unrest and disobedience. However, many young men, beholden to the propaganda, will still enlist. The conscripts will be of a lower standard than the existing regular troops. There is a possibility the inadequately trained conscripts will be used as cannon fodder in a similar manner to how many Ukrainians are being used.
A huge loss of life of young European men will not be a problem for the Establishment; it is part of the plan. Mass migration offers them a more desirable alternative. However, the extent of mass migration has begun to slow in 2026 (Euro News). The war in the Middle East can help solve this problem.
The most significant aspect of the war in the Middle East is the closure or partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz. This greatly reduces the supply of oil and gas; this will have a huge impact on the global economy. The greatest impact from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz could be on food supply.
Fuel restrictions limit the transport of food; this causes delays and could add significant cost to food production and distribution. However, the restrictions on fertiliser and urea (used to produce yeast) will be an even bigger problem particularly for African nations. A third of global fertiliser and up to half of global exports of urea passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Even if the Strait of Hormuz fully opens now, we can expect massive food shortages to the extent of famine in many countries. Read my post Strait of Hormuz and the Iran War – Part 2: Reasons for War and the Bigger Agenda for an extensive elaboration of this imminent collosal food crisis.
Mass Migration
War can have a significant impact on the population of a country. Ukraine’s population has fallen by around 25% (10 million people) since the major escalation of the war in 2022 (Fox News). If European countries engage in war with Russia, populations of these will be impacted. Native Europeans will die in war, and many thousands, if not millions, more will flee. Many of the replacements for them have already arrived, and many more will arrive in the coming years.
Immigration usually occurs as a combination of both push and pull factors. There are strong push factors that force people to leave their regions or countries because they face grave danger. These include war, genocide, slavery, famine, drought, deadly pandemics, and natural disasters. Other push factors cause people to want to leave their countries because their lives are difficult. These include low standard of living, lack of job opportunities, low salaries, lack of public services, poor infrastructure, economic and social inequality, and Government corruption.
People who leave because of the strong push factors leave with great urgency. They attempt to become refugees in another safer part of their country, or they relocate to another country. People who leave because of push factors that indicate their country is undesirable rather than unlivable do not need to leave with such urgency. They can apply for visas in other countries and leave once accepted.
Mass migration is expected to occur mostly because of the strong push factors that create urgency and often affect many people within a particular area. The countries expected to be most affected by mass migration are the countries closest to the countries where people are fleeing. Eventually, some of the refugees are relocated to other countries that are willing to help. This form of migration can be either permanent or temporary. This often depends on the nature of the push factor and events and circumstances of the country after the people have fled.
Mass immigration into Europe should not be a phenomenon that occurs frequently. The Mediterranean Sea is a natural barrier to mass migration from North Africa. Türkiye is a barrier to mass immigration from the Middle East. People from countries further afield would reach other safe countries before reaching Europe. However, Europe has experienced a mass inflow of immigrants over the past two decades. See the figures below from the European Union.
Source: Rockwool Foundation Berlin
The mass migration into Europe is because of a combination of both push and pull factors. The less urgent push factors might be playing an even bigger role in the current surge in mass migration than the urgent ones. This is because of the strong pull factors. These pull factors are primarily linked to:
- shortage of workforce caused by long-term sickness (Office for National Statistics)
- shortage of workforce because of structural skill mismatch (ETIAS)
- European Governments offering generous incentives to newly arrived migrants (IAS)
- European Governments offering incentives to businesses that offer employment to overseas workers (The Workers Rights)
European leaders claim that talent from outside Europe is necessary due to labour shortages. Two key reasons for labour shortages in Europe are the mismatch of skills to jobs and rising long-term sickness in native Europeans.
Long-term Sickness
Source: Office for National Statistics
Long-term sickness has sharply increased during and after the Covid-19 fiasco. The Government and the media have tried to explain the increase in long-term sickness as a long-term effect of Covid-19, commonly referred to as long Covid (Reuschke and Houston). Long-term sickness has persisted long after the effects of long Covid should have subsided. Mental health is now being blamed for prolonged sickness and absence from work. However, the rise in mental health complaints has been a problem before the Covid fiasco (Bryan, Bryce, and Roberts).
There has also been a rapid increase in cancer among young people. This increase has been sharper since the Covid fiasco and the mass distribution of the Covid jabs. Since there has been no identified link to Covid itself, it is possible that the jabs are a contributing factor to these cancers. The two figures below show the trends in cancer deaths and incidences of certain cancers in young people in the US before and after the rollout of the jabs.
Source: Hulscher 2026
It has been documented that the Covid jabs have caused unprecedented harm within the first month after injection. See the figure below from OpenVAERS
Source: OpenVAERS
There are also arguments that processed foods and sedentary lifestyles have played an important factor in the general increase in cancers over the past few decades.
The long-term damage caused by these jabs is difficult to prove, as they could manifest in many different ways and could have numerous other causes. However, any procedure that has such strong immediate negative health implications is likely to have long-term implications as well. One of the most troubling developments over the past few years has been the emergence of enormous white blood clots found in bodies by embalmers.
Did the jabs cause these blood clots? There has been a lack of funding to support a thorough investigation into these clots. Could this be a cover-up for even more damage caused by these jabs? (Children’s Health Defense)
I have discussed the horrendous impact of the Covid jabs in several posts over the past five years. Below are the posts that cover them in the most detail.
- My Concerns about the Covid-19 Vaccines
- Summary of the Vaccine Death Report
- Covid-19 Crimes and Vaccine Fraud
- Global Collapse – Part 2: The Covid-19 Fiasco
Pharmaceutical companies, like any big business, desire long-term profits. To do that, they need customers. In other words, they need plenty of sick people. Hence, their focus on treatments over cures. Their medication makes people feel better but does not fully cure them. To continue feeling better, people need to keep taking the medication.
Covid-19, for the majority, is a temporary sickness, like the flu or a bad cold. There is little to no money in offering temporary relief. The jabs were a highly expensive procedure funded mostly by the taxpayer since Governments were the customers for them. They were highly profitable. If they also cause long-term effects, they are also highly profitable for drugs that treat these long-term effects. The damage caused by the jabs is good for business for the pharmaceutical companies.
Long-term sickness in young people also reduces the available workforce. In addition to increasing certain pharmaceutical companies' profits, the Covid-19 jabs have created a desirable workforce shortage that the Establishment can use to justify increased immigration. Since shortages fall across most of the West, immigrants will likely come from elsewhere.
Mismatch of Skills and Jobs
Many European countries are experiencing a labour shortage because of a mismatch between skills and job requirements. It appears many young people are opting to be trained in areas that offer limited job opportunities. Traditionally, education, for young people in particular, has been considered mostly a form of derived demand; it is to provide young people with the skills necessary for them to pursue the career they desire. This desire could relate to interest or possibly monetary reward. In general, supply of labour would address demand for jobs. If there were a shortage or surplus of labour in any area, wages would adjust accordingly.
Increased labour mobility from immigration has made such adjustments faster. An adequately trained immigrant can fill a job much quicker than a person who requires several years of training. This can also lead to the problem that a person could begin training to address a shortage of labour, but by the time they have completed that training, the shortage no longer exists.
It also appears that young people have been misinformed about the value of the training they are pursuing. They may believe a particular form of education, e.g., a university degree, will give them access to promising jobs and careers when they do not. Universities and other higher learning institutions often promote courses that offer little practical value because they need to maintain enrolment to secure funding for these courses. A university can increase its overall funding by expanding the number of courses it offers even if these courses offer little to no practical value to the students taking them (Johnson).
Like long-term sickness, the mismatch between skills and jobs is by design. This provides Governments with a reason to encourage immigration to meet job shortages and provides a reason for people with less needed skills to become underemployed or to emigrate where their skills could be needed. The combination of these outcomes creates a change in a country’s demographics.
The mismatch between skills and jobs is likely to grow even larger if artificial intelligence reshapes job markets by making many currently skilled jobs redundant.
Incentives to Immigrants and to Businesses
Most European countries have comprehensive welfare systems. For many this includes universal healthcare, strong labour protections, substantial unemployment benefits, public housing, and state pensions. Most European countries extend the benefits of these welfare systems to immigrants (both legal and illegal). These are strong pull factors for immigrants seeking a better life through work opportunities as well as immigrants seeking a better life for minimal effort (i.e., claiming asylum through the flimsy European asylum system).
Immigrants who genuinely seek work opportunities in Europe add value to the workforce and, in many cases, address urgent shortages. For example, Europe faces a severe and widespread shortage of doctors and other healthcare professionals, which has been caused by both the rise in sickness and the lack of training of doctors.
If this had been a slow and steady flow of immigration, the immigrants would have been more likely to integrate into the European countries they have migrated to. This is because the nature of the factors attracting them is likely to be different. They could be attracted by the culture of the European country rather than the Government's offered benefits that draw masses. An attraction to a culture would mean they would be less likely to want to change it to the culture they have left behind. A slow and steady flow of immigrants is less likely to lead to large clusters within cities, which become hostile to the native culture.
Mass migration, whether it is caused by employment of foreign workers or by illegal immigrants, leads to the wholesale importation of cultures that may not be compatible with European cultures. This has been the case throughout much of Europe. This has caused increased tensions between the native Europeans and the immigrants. This, like everything else discussed in this post, is by design.
Businesses (not to be mistaken for Big Business) add to the problem by employing overseas workers rather than local workers. They cannot be blamed because it makes sense to do so. Overseas workers are often capable and are willing to work for a lower wage than local workers. This is because many of them have a lower expectation of their standard of living than the European locals, who have experienced a much higher standard of living for most of their lives. Employing people from overseas becomes even more attractive when the Government adds incentives for businesses to employ overseas workers, which include wage subsidies and tax relief.
Falling Birth Rates in Europe
Birth rates in Europe have been consistently falling for decades and have been below the replacement rate of 2.1 births for a woman since the mid-70s. In 2024, for the EU, the total fertility rate was 1.34 births per woman (Euro News). Regardless of any other factors, native European populations will eventually fall. For immigrants, it is a different story. For countries such as Germany, Spain, Austria, Sweden and Belgium, at least 30% of babies born are from migrants. For France, it is 25%. (Euro News).
If current trends in birth rates and mass immigration continue, European natives will become a minority in their countries. This will lead to a strong and possibly permanent cultural shift away from the values of the native Europeans to those of the prevailing group of immigrants. This could also lead to clashes between different immigrant cultures as well, which may continue until one becomes accepted as dominant.
Conclusion
Replacement theory is not a conspiracy theory. It is actually happening. Mass migration numbers into Europe prove this true. The question is, how quickly will this occur? Based on current immigration data and birth rates, it will take several decades. This does not take into account the potentially huge influx of refugees from imminent food crises, famine, and mass civil unrest in Africa. The inflow of immigrants could easily more than double over the coming years.
The massive inflow of people will add to rising social unrest and erosion of quality of living in Europe. It is likely that wealthy and geographically mobile native Europeans will leave Europe. This will hasten the rate of replacement. As more leave, the situation will decline even faster, thus forcing even more people to leave. Several decades could become a couple of decades or even less.
If we factor in a major war in Europe, the replacement could become even faster. People will flee the war, while others will be sent off to fight and die. Suicide rates could soar as more Europeans fall into despair. We might experience the complete collapse of dozens of European countries within a matter of years. In a worst-case scenario, it might be possible that native Europeans could become minorities in their own countries in under a decade. The new European culture would be nothing like the old. This new European culture would be one more suited for the Establishment to control.
The Sapien Loop Series
I have written a trilogy of books titled Sapien Loop. The first in the series is Sapien Loop: End of an Era, the second is Sapien Loop: Frozen in Time, and the third is Sapien Loop: Worlds Collide. I published the whole series as ebooks on Amazon, and I have posted completed chapters to my @captainhive
In 2025, I wrote a short stories book about some of the characters and their adventures. This book is now available on Amazon. I have also posted these stories to my @captainhive account.
Brief Summary of Sapien Loop: End of an Era
This story is based on the fictional planet Sapia and its sole country, Sapey. Sapey is portrayed as a form of utopia for all its citizens. No poverty. No war. Almost no crime. Opportunities for all.
This was enough for most citizens, but not all. In one of the small regions, some of the citizens had become discontent. They felt something important was missing in their lives. Their discontent did not go unnoticed. Some of the Sapey elite wanted to weaponise this discontent to gain more power. This created more chaos than they anticipated. This led to further widespread social unrest.
On top of the chaos, ambition and greed provoked another enemy. This enemy was on a mission to settle both new and old scores.
Brief Summary of Sapien Loop: Frozen in Time
This story is based six years after the original story. The Downs Region is still suffering from a serious health crisis caused by the contaminated water. The main characters are desperately trying to find a cure for the illness that has been caused by the water.
One of the main characters has discovered frozen humanoids in hidden chambers. It appears they have been frozen for a long time. These chambers connect to a vast network of tunnels. While exploring the tunnels, one of the frozen humanoids disappears. It appears he has been stolen.
The story takes a step back in time to tell the story of the frozen humanoids. How and why were they frozen? This part of the story also explains the fall of ancient Sapey and the birth of the Sapiens. Can those from the past be able to coexist with those from the present?
Brief Summary of Sapien Loop: Worlds Collide
Sapien Loop: Worlds Collide continues the story directly after the events of the second book. Orcilla and Yassmay continue their journey to find help. In doing so, they encounter a dissident group from the underground world.
Tiberius is secured as the puppet leader for the underground Linap. He is being used to control the surface world from the Downs Region. Tiberius is unhappy with this arrangement and desires to be fully in control.
Resistance has formed to take back the Downs Region from Tiberius and the underground Linap. They aim to turn the underground population against Tiberius. If that fails, their only hope is to join forces with the dissident group Orcilla and Yassmay encountered.
All worlds may be destined to collide. Will Sapey finally be free of tyranny, is it destined to be destroyed, or is it locked into another loop of oppression?