Gordon wrote on Jul 31
st, 2026 at 9:50am:
Er, a
reconquest? Cueta's in Africa, dear. Seems to me that if the Spaniards are going to cling onto far-flung colonies, they'd better get their sh
it together - from a defensive and legal perspective, anyway.
Mind you, taking a few more Africans into an economy with a rapidly aging population's hardly going to hurt. Spain now has one of the lowest birth rates
Europe.
To do this properly, they need to do it right. You don't want Moroccan gangs running your country's immigration policy, but do you know?
The world is global. One can plan a trip to a far-flung destination anytime one likes. One can buy a plane ticket for a few dirhams. Young Africans are just as aspirational as anybody else. European towns are dying out, while down in deepest-darkest Africa, the natives are breeding like flies.
It's not like the Spaniards haven't experienced this before. After the decline of the Roman empire, the Moors ran the joint. Less than 20 km separates the continent of Africa from mainland Spain. Various regions of Southern Europe are peppered with northern African cultural influences, from spices and cooking to esoteric beliefs and practices.
If you're looking for a culture to pep you up your dying village, you could do worse than the Berbers. They're a most enterprising people, to say the least. Europe needs to get busy dying or get busy living. One thing we know: since the rise of mass migration, crime in Western Europe has
massively declined.
Crime in Barcelona is down
12% in the past decade. Madrid has experienced a similar
decline.
When crimes do occur, locals commit more crime than
immigrants.
Without immigration, according to the PM, Spain’s GDP would be 19 percent lower, 90,000 bars would close, 50,000 classrooms would shut and 220,000 farms would
disappear by 2050. Spain has just announced a pathway to residency for 500,000 asylum seekers, and needs more.
This program is currently being exploited by the Moroccan gangs who organized this little excursion. If Spain doesn't find a legal solution, its migration policies will be sabotaged - either by the Moroccans, or the far-right dupes being platformed by Elon.
Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?