The strange death of Europe
by Douglas Murray · first published 2017
57% recommend14% neutral29% critical
This book is not only an analysis of demographic and political realities in Europe, but also an eyewitness account of a continent in self-destruct mode. It includes reporting from across the entire continent, from the places where migrants land to the places they end up, from the people who appear to welcome them in to the places which cannot accept them.
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…think were sound, but there was also a ton of interesting and good material in them; which I think made some good points. Based on that, I guess my recommendations for breaking bubbles would be: "The Strange Death of Europe" (Murray, Davies, et al.) "The War Against Boys" (Sommers) "The Fountainhead" (Ryand)
on “Show HN: An anti-book recommendation tool, to help you escape your echo chamber” ↗…birthrate is low and it needs immigrants to fill in the gap in workforce that low birthrate is creating, it's essentially replacing those people over time. Since your German I'd urge you to read the book Strange Death of Europe. Assimilation isn't an easy process and mass migration in this scale is indeed a new thing.
on “VW plans to sell electric Tesla rival for less than $23K: source” ↗Why is he a racist and/or xenophobe? If you mean because he's criticising Islam, then I believe you are wrong. I read his book "The strange death of Europe: immigration, identity, Islam" and found it to be balanced, copiously referenced and frankly very scary. There is currently no other group of people on this planet that I know of that is hunting down…
on “An anatomy of a modern hit job” ↗…exploding in poorer areas (North of England) on almost a daily basis. None of this gets covered in the news but there are plenty of videos on Facebook, Youtube etc of clashes. I suggest you read the "Strange Death of Europe".
…of these articles and we can do without this neurotic melancholic whining. Maybe it is the title of the article that triggered me, but it reminded me of hearing Douglas Murray read excerpts from "The Strange Death of Europe" in his self-aggrandising pompous tone. The authors colleague needed a couple of tries to write a kernel extension and somehow this means something about programming. If it was not for LLMs I would not…
on “The silent death of Good Code” ↗…Geisler and Frank Turek - The Holy Bible - Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef - I Am Giorgia by Giorgia Meloni - 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup - The Two-Income Trap by Elizabeth Warren - The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray - The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray - The War on the West by Douglas Murray - Porn Generation by Ben Shapiro - The Authoritarian Moment by Ben Shapiro - The Book Thief by…
on “Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?” ↗…people" myth (when you view the entire thing in context): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R6hxPYWD50 The entry ban: Did you see what happened to that French school teacher? Have you read The Strange Death of Europe? It doesn't matter though. In that fine people video, even when people were presenting with the reality from the carefully selected video clips they had heard about, they still wouldn't accept it. The…
on “Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.” ↗…people today see "Free speech" as a bad thing, how people say words == violence (they don't, violence is violence, and saying words are violence show you're afraid of ideas). I've also been reading The Strange Death of Europe, which talks a lot about migration and religious hate speech. Honestly a lot of the book is garbage and I didn't like any of the initial arguments, but I also realize it's important to read about viewpoints…
on “Updating our rules against hateful conduct” ↗…Player One The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays and 2019 so far: The Fountainhead Wrinkle in Time The Men who Stare at Goats The Coddling of the American Mind Babylon's Ashes The Strange Death of Europe Persepolis Rising
on “Ask HN: How Do You Read?” ↗