On the Possibility of a New Beginning For Our Civilisation After Its Potentially Inevitable Decline

I originally wrote this as a comment under an excellent article by Mad Monarchist on the decline of Western civilisation in modern times, but unfortunately my comment did not get posted, so I will post it here: 

I see the turbulent future of the West as an opportunity for monarchy. Where there is destruction, there is an opportunity for construction. Destruction can bring about new opportunities for a civilisation, at least if the people bearing the culture do survive through the process of destruction. What is worrying of course is that the culture of the West is being threatened from without, but these worries are by no means unique to our times. Europe has survived various other disasters, both natural and man-made, and although it is possible that Europeans in their home continent will go the way of the American Indians - a terrible disaster - it is yet not at all certain that this will happen, so there is reason for hope. If Europe will experience a tremendous shock and survives this shock, it will have to reconsider certain aspects of its culture afterward. While this cultural evolution is happening, spontaneously emerging monarchies may have a unique opportunity to rise to the task of filling the void that is left by the ruins of the previous stage in European civilisation and to meet the new challenges that are characteristic of the new period in the history of our civilisation. 

If one chapter in our history ends, a new one may begin. It is purely contemporary ideology, a set of terribly wrong ideas, that is destroying the West. These ideas will have to be reconsidered sooner or later, and it appears that these ideas will have to reach their logical conclusion before it will be clear and obvious for all that these ideas are terribly wrong. The West, right now, is at a turning point in its history, and monarchists, at least in my humble opinion, ought to recognise this particular moment as an opportunity for the cause of monarchy. Monarchs and monarchists in the past proved themselves capable of going with the times, and once again this dynamic nature should be showed to the world for the sake of breaking with the republican aberration that has plagued every single Western country since it abandoned monarchical rule. If the aim is to meet the new challenges, particularly open-mindedness to absolute monarchy will be an important step towards making the next chapter in Europe's history one of monarchical restoration and stability. 

Just as monarchies spontaneously emerged in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe can rise from its ashes fully embracing monarchy once more. Of course, Europe will have to deal with various demographic challenges, but absolute monarchies will be more than capable of dealing with these challanges in an appropriate and efficient way. Native European fertility can be boosted by reconnecting with the glorious past and regaining confidence in the future, foreign cultures that do not traditionally belong in Europe can be repatriated, and the new Europe, i.e. the Europe of the future, can officially become a continent belonging to its natives, preventing future demographic disasters (which might bring about European extinction or which might reduce native Europeans to a minority status in their own countries), and the best way, of course, to make this official is to systematically encode it into European law and to teach all the future generations about the mistakes of their forefathers in regard to preserving their own culture. For the time being, the psychology of the West will remain suicidal. 

However, if the suicide attempt fails, the West may wake up to its own contemporary "stupidity" (I hate to say it) and learn from its mistakes. The Zeitgeist of the West will be suicidal for as long as the West has not been shocked out of its own world that is detached from reality. The West is dreaming and depressed, its idealism is overly pessimistic. However, a long period of cultural optimism can follow a brief period of cultural depression. We are, as I have said, experiencing a turning point. The West will eventually have to reevaluate its core principles and values. Either it will do this before disaster strikes or disaster will force the West to adapt to the realities of this world. 

I believe that the West can survive this period in its history, even though the disaster will be unprecented if current trends are not going to be arrested and will be left to reach their logical conclusion. After all, Europeans have proved throughout their history that they are robust survivors in times of extreme hardship. Maybe hardship is just what the West needs in order to wake up from its highly unrealistic dream world, to let go of outdated and wrong ideas, and to finally return to absolute monarchy. Objecting to absolute monarchy because hereditary succession would not be fair is a good example of the current mentality of the West. This kind of mentality has to go because it is unproductive. 

To reiterate the point of my comment, I think there is always reason for optimism and in my view it is important to not lose oneself in pessimism lest one's chances of success or even survival be significantly reduced.