day no. 17,219: suburbarianism

“The Barbarian hopes — and that is the mark of him, that he can have his cake and eat it too. He will consume what civilization has slowly produced after generations of selection and effort, but he will not be at pains to replace such goods, nor indeed has he a comprehension of the virtue that has brought them into being. Discipline seems to him irrational, on which account he is ever marvelling that civilization, should have offended him with priests and soldiers.... In a word, the Barbarian is discoverable everywhere in this, that he cannot make: that he can befog and destroy but that he cannot sustain; and of every Barbarian in the decline or peril of every civilization exactly that has been true." — Hilaire Belloc

The locust can eat the produce of others, but cannot plant a crop. He has not interest in building anything, but only in consuming something. He does not plant where he is, he goes where others have sowed. He does not add value to anything, he subtracts value from everything. He has no stake in the future of where is, only in the table of the present. He does not own the means of production and he has no interest in developing any. His only interest is in the the means of productions of others and those he consumes and eventually destroys. His self-interest feeds on the selflessness of others. His hunger feeds on the hard work of others. If he gets his way, no one gets anything. He gluttonously devours more than he needs and everyone starves. 

Unless... the barbarian is opposed, confronted, and defeated; even when it shows up in the suburbs. Let's call it suburbarianism.

“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.” — Thomas Sowell

Christian civilization will conquer heathen paganism. The Lord has promised that the gates of Hell will not prevail against the kingdom of Christ. The increase of His kingdom will have no end. The question is not "Will Christendom survive?" the question is "Will we defend Christendom?"

"It is common enough to blame Rome for not making peace. But it was a true popular instinct that there could be no peace with that sort of people. It is common enough to blame the Roman for his Delenda est Carthago; Carthage must be destroyed...  but Carthage fell because she was faithful to her own philosophy and had followed out to its logical conclusion her own vision of the universe. Moloch had eaten his children. " — G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man

Barbarianism will consume itself. Moloch will run out of sons and daughters to devour. It is inevitable. Anything that cannot go on forever... won't. Sin is not a long term strategy. It may "work" for a minute, but it cannot last.

"Alfred has come down to us in the best way (that is, by national legends) solely for the same reason as Arthur and Roland and the other giants of that darkness, because he fought for the Christian civilization against the heathen nihilism." — G.K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse

May we join the ranks of Alfred by fighting the disciples of darkness. The sun is already risen. There is no stopping the day from breaking. Day breaks. Night falls... never to recover.

"Do not, I beseech you, be troubled about the increase of forces already in dissolution. You have mistaken the hour of the night; it is already morning." — Hilaire Belloc

So, don't worry about the dissipating darkness coming back, it is down for the count. The night is knocked out.

“The sun has risen. Christ has come. He is the king. The light covers the world. A return to heathen midnight is an impossibility. Those who walk in darkness now are doing so in a world suffused with light. This is hard to do — you have to remain blind, or hide in root cellars. There are ways to stay out of the sunlight, but they are difficult to accomplish. Not only so, but as the day passes, they will get increasingly difficult.” — Douglas Wilson, God Rest Ye Merry

Midnight is over and the morning is forever.