Stephen Karganovic – Strategic Culture Jan 29, 2026
Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky delivers a very prescient thought in his “Diary of a writer”. He states that the collapse of the West (“Europe,” in the parlance of Russian intellectuals of his day) will occur suddenly and precipitously. Dostoevsky’s bold prognosis, written over a hundred fifty years ago, must have struck his readers as fanciful for at least two reasons.
Firstly, in the context of the period when that prediction was made, mid-nineteenth century, on the surface there was very little to support the notion that the West was approaching collapse, whether gradual or accelerated. Quite the contrary, it was advancing and gathering strength in science, industry, and every other significant field of human endeavour. Viewed collectively, as the concert of the Great Powers of that day, the West was exerting unchallenged global dominance. Over the preceding centuries it had been on the ascendant continuously and no power was in sight capable of limiting or reversing its supremacy. It paid outward homage to and drew moral sustenance from Christian principles as it understood and practiced them. Its social and political institutions appeared solid, and its combined military power was sufficient to subdue and keep in a state of impotent dependence many formerly mighty “heathen” civilisations and empires. At the time that Dostoevsky and other likeminded Russian Slavophile thinkers were questioning the durability of the Western enterprise, the thought of its demise was scarcely conceivable.
Secondly, and also for the above reasons, Dostoevky’s more specific prediction that the crumbling of the seemingly unassailable West-centric global system was not just certain but would be relatively quick and sudden, at the time it was published must have sounded even less likely.
Yet we are witnessing the accelerated collapse of the major props of what used to be regarded as the Western civilisation, and it is occurring in a manner that resembles remarkably the framework of events that Dostoevsky described.
The moral collapse, symbolised by radical distancing and even straightforward repudiation of the metaphysical foundations that the West used to claim as its heritage, is self-evident. It was confirmed by two publicly orchestrated and deliberately blasphemous events, the 2024 Paris Olympic ceremonies and festivities marking the opening of the Gotthard base tunnel in Switzerland in 2016. It may be noted that the only major actor to officially protest the Paris blasphemy was Shiite Muslim Iran.
Breakdowns in other areas are equally striking, as civilizational props crumble one after another. On the social plane, native populations are being replaced by the massive influx of “migrants” from other parts of the world who do not share their culture, values, or even language. Concomitantly, a demographic catastrophe is taking place because the birth-rate of the newcomers greatly exceeds that of the natives, portending the latter’s extinction or at best reduction to the status of a disenfranchised minority status in their former homelands. In culture, scarcely anything of note is being produced any more. As collective purpose evaporates, life loses meaning and inherent value. Previously unthinkable “solutions” to the challenges and stresses of living, such as the huge state-sponsored suicide programmes in Canada, are becoming common and even attractive.
In the realm of politics, the chasm between the ruling elite and the inert masses whose destiny the alienated rulers are directing has never been greater. The list of ominous signs could be extended. Sharper minds are keenly aware of the situation and its dire implications. Just recently, Paul Craig Roberts posed the critical question: How did we get here so fast? Other serious analysts, such as Dmitry Orlov, have proposed explanatory models for the collapse process based on the experience of previous imperial and civilizational failures.
All of the cited trends bode ill for the civilisation they affect. There is one failure however that at first glance may not appear very significant but it stands out because it points to the West’s cognitive decline. That decline, which paralyses thinking, compounds cumulatively the effects of breakdowns in the other domains.
The episode we will highlight epitomises the normalised insanity of a moribund society. The mise en scène is a US Senate subcommittee hearing convoked to elicit evidence on the safety and regulation of abortion pills. The hearing would probably have passed routinely if obstetrician Dr. Nisha Verma had not been invited to testify on certain pregnancy-related issues. In presenting her evidence, she took great pains to sound politically correct and to avoid suggesting that pregnancy is a condition that exclusively affects women. When Sen. Joshua Hawley [R. – Missouri] took his turn to question Dr. Verma he asked her directly to clarify for the record, as a medical doctor and a scientist, her position on that issue: Can men get pregnant?
Throughout the ensuing exchange with Sen. Hawley, this obstetrician-gynaecologist who claims a medical doctorate, and who presumably is familiar with human anatomy and versed in reproductive matters, remained extraordinarily evasive. She refused stubbornly to respond with a simple “yes” or “no” to a question that did not require any academic credentials to answer. The video clip of her testimony should be viewed critically, not just for its undeniable ludicrousness, but more to the point as disconcerting evidence of ideological denial of self-evident, empirical facts that has gone dangerously mainstream.
Dr. Verma was obviously uncomfortable and even frightened as she sought evasive stratagems to deflect Sen. Hawley’s common sense question. The fact that she is of Indian origin, although judging by her accent she is American-born and bred, suggests that to her the notion of male pregnancy probably is as culturally unpalatable as it would be to every normal person in the Indian subcontinent. Her nervousness hints that deep down she knows perfectly the correct answer to the senator’s question but is professionally and socially intimidated to state it publicly.
If that is the case, it does not reflect favourably on her professional integrity. But it is absolutely damning for the culture that in a public setting, when important issues are being weighed, makes it personally hazardous to speak the truth.
And there is little doubt, at least with regard to the narrow issue of male pregnancy, that the facts are not just well known but are even readily admitted so long as they do not impact the regnant ideological chimeras. Evidence for that is the charming clip on YouTube about “fifteen differences between male and female cats.” Cat lovers will appreciate it. Where cats are concerned, there is no equivocation, conflation of male and female roles, or misattribution of biological functions. The notion of male cats getting pregnant is not entertained, even theoretically. One wonders how Dr. Verma would react if the question put to her were reformulated: Can male cats get pregnant? Or male storks, or male centipedes?
From an obligatory “yes” answer with reference to human males to the same required answer with reference to male cats or dogs, the distance is short. With the normalisation of enforced lunacy, which is the cognitive aspect of collapse, that distance is decreasing rapidly.
At what point has it “collapsed”? Just so we know. As far as I can see, europe is already dead. The jew-k, germany, sweden and ireland are already wastelands of wog, but the rest are only a step behind. And it’s not like it’s ever going to change. The civil wars, when they come, will be the slaughtering of the few remaining true whites. Even most of the woke whites will be killed. Then the wogs will dance on their bones and begin their own wars against each other. At some point, when they feel like it, the kikes will kill them as well. All hail the mighty kikes, the chosen shit.
The addiction to cashisch inevitably leads to Hemorrhagic Stupiditas.
Once again I need to warn you all of this Zionist hellion Michael Synder, over at What Really Happened this is posted:
No Deal With Iran! An Apocalyptic Regime Change War Appears To Be Imminent, And Everyone Is Bracing For The Worst
by Mike Snyder, themostimportantnews.com
It appears that an apocalyptic war is about to begin in the Middle East, and yet most people living in the western world don’t seem alarmed by this at all. But they should be, because once the missiles start flying the death and destruction that we will witness will deeply shock the entire globe. The nuts that are running Iran fully understand that the goal this time around will be to bring their regime to an end, and they will throw everything that they have got at us in a desperate attempt to survive. Anyone that believes that there is any limit to what they might do is not being rational. They figure that if they are going to go down, they might as well go down swinging.
I don’t think that there ever was a chance for any sort of a deal.
So now war is coming, and it is being reported that President Trump wants to see “regime change” in Iran…
“Just hours ago, Israeli leaders reportedly held an emergency meeting to discuss how they will handle the rapidly approaching conflict…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was holding a security consultation in Jerusalem with top advisers and defense officials on a “classified topic,” the office of one of the attendees told The Times of Israel on Thursday, as speculation continues to swirl over whether the US will attack Iran.
According to Channel 12, the discussion was focused on Iran and the possibility of an American strike, which US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened.
Needless to say, the Israelis would love to see regime change in Iran because they consider the Iranians to be their number one enemy.
But the Israelis also realize that this war will be much deadlier than the short war that we witnessed last year…”
The Rivero’s respond to the article:
To Mike Snyder, webmaster: themostimportantnews.com
Sir, a word, please (perhaps, several.) One of the realities painfully missing in your articles about Iran, is that the Middle Eastern power wanting the decap strike in Iran, followed by Regime Change… is Israel.
I would submit to you, that it is not the US calling the shots here; it is Tel Aviv, letting Trump know where his assets are to be placed, and when. And apparently, Trump just recently got his “marching orders” from Netanyahu this last week.
If not, why in heaven’s name would Trump be amassing these military forces now, in what will be (theoretically) an election year, with mid-terms coming up in the US in November?!?
Trump seems to be flailing about, trying desperately to latch on to some “raison d’etre” for a US attack, and the justifications have ranged from “Let’s see if we can get Iranian protestors to rise up against the government again” to “I want a deal regarding Iran’s nuclear and ballistic capabilities; if not, there will be hell to pay!”
But in light of the reality that all these military maneuvers have been instigated by Israel, Trump’s “justifications” for these moves are simply seen, by thoughtful Americans, as pitiful distractions, attempting to point the finger of blame anywhere else, but on the real culprits; the junta in Tel Aviv.
This coming US/Israeli war against Iran, may prove one of the costliest; most bloody; and most prolonged American military engagement since Vietnam.
And the longer this military engagement continues, the more chances there are for US casualties; perhaps, unfortunately, many.
The people whose kids get killed or maimed for life in this conflict, will never forgive Trump for having”blessed ” the US military involvement in it, and normally, would be expressing their wrath through November’s mid-terms.
But I am wondering if, perhaps, “the plan” is to have a “national emergency” take place, giving Trump the power to suspend the Constitution and
Bill of Rights, and invoke Martial Law; at that point, mid-terms would go out the proverbial “window”.
Right now, were I a betting woman, I would not bet against this possibility.
Mr. Snyder, I must submit to you, that no thinking American with whom I have spoken recently, wants the US to be shouldering this war for Israel’s benefit; the aid, military and financial, allotted to it, is already far too much for this country to be expending to begin with, right now.
And Mr. Snyder, one last thought, before I let this go; when, please, was the last time that Israel actually attempted to sit down with members of the Iranian government, and see about negotiating a way out of this madness regarding Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs?!?
And as I am sure you are aware, the short answer to that last question is one resounding “NO!!” Throck, my AI, tells me the following:
“Israel and Iran have never had formal, direct official diplomatic talks with each other specifically about Iran’s nuclear program or its ballistic missile programs since the Islamic Republic was founded in 1979. There have been no sustained bilateral negotiations between the two governments on these issues.”
Mr. Snyder, just so you know, I am a sister Christian.
That having been said, I find that war demonstrates a terrible lack of imagination.
IF Israel recognised Iran, some progress could very possibly be made on the issue of Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
But in light of the fact that Israel has these weapons, what, hypothetically, could Iran gain out of such negotiations which would give them a tangible, cogent reason to stop development of these weapons?!?
Because you see, sir, in my world, THIS is the unasked question, which must be asked…. and then, responsibly and morally, answered.
Blessings, Mr. Snyder. 🙂
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BE AWARE OF MICHAEL SYNDER PEOPLE! HE IS A ZIONIST WOLF IN SHEEP SKIN.
According to AI Overview (which generally is helpful for various leads to see where some people actually are coming from, as well as for other summations on various topics:
“Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881) was deeply critical of Western European civilization, viewing it as fundamentally spiritually bankrupt and destined for collapse. After experiencing the West firsthand in the 1860s, he grew to despise its materialism, rationalism, and atheism, which he believed were leading to the de-Christianization of society and the dehumanization of man. Dostoevsky argued that Russia should not imitate the West but rather follow its own unique path, rooted in Orthodox Christianity and the “soil” (pochvennichestv). ”
In other words, in the West he could clearly see the abandonment of its spiritual roots and the triumph of the raw hedonistic materialistic vices of the amoral ruling class looming to overpower in the common people their desire for true God in their hearts, and spiritual fulfillment which flows from it.
We all know what happened in Russia beginning in 1917, and the fact that international Jewry together with Western Masonic and bankster backing, spawned atheistic communism, and thereafter continued to feed it, stripping the people of both their spiritual and material aspirations. We know that they supplanted Christ as their God with the atheistic State, and the totally depraved and empty philosophy of dialectic materialism. If ever a nation was occupied, or possessed, by a foreign or alien demonic presence during the time of the Soviet Union, it was Russia with every nation which came under the spell and force of its hammer and sickle. International Jewry with all of its monetary, media, and political powers, working hand in glove with Masonic organizations in the UK, the US and Europe, hated Christianity, and did that to the Russian people. They have been doing the same thing quite systematically to us in the West as well.
Anyone who has hung around Western academia for a few decades knows that the entire secular-humanist movement which took over the secular universities was essentially Jewish and Masonic run, and until there were a sufficient number of atheist, agnostics, communists, and materialists sufficiently brainwashed to be trusted to continue with the purgation of anything smacking of religion and Christianity. In the USA, with the unravelling of the entire Kirk affair, whether you believe he was actually shot or not, what is most important is the fact that virtually the entire doner class of that alleged TPUSA Christian movement was Jewish, but not for any religious ends, but rather to infiltrate the minds of Christian students with their lies that the Greater Israel Project of the Zionists would entail the fulfillment of alleged Christian prophecies, which they have twisted to their own secular ends. Kirk, of course, would have none of that, and had to be removed from the stage, one way or the other.
In the deplorable decadence of the US where Christ is virtually a nonentity, and the truth has been totally disconnected from ultimate reality, we have both the reign of moral relativism and reality relativism, in which anyone’s point of view, opinions, set of interests, are as valid as anyone else’s, as long as the freedoms serve to divide, and do not go too strongly against the actual plans of the ruling class. If you have the money and the media behind you then you can do virtually anything you want, and you can count on most of the people going along with you to get along. That kind of fake freedom is the very core of Western decadence, its demise and its death.
Regarding the comments herein about Iran and Israel –
Remembering that:
– they are same people who have hated Christianity from its inception;
– in their never-ending restlessness have sacrificed spiritual peace for mammon and self advancement;
– they appear either wanting to destroy or enslave their perceived competition where ever they go; ,
– they appear to lead in the most blatant and every-ending usurpations in your midst and in the rest of the world;
and all of that to the extent it is true regarding the usual suspects, and although Israel and the entire Jewish doner class from the Rothschild dynasty down appears to be the main antagonists against Iran,
what is missed here is that the Jewish powers running the US , the UK and other nations are not acting alone.
The financial and industrial establishments, the entire ownership class regarding the major assets of the West are not totally engulfed by the Jewish money-power creditors, or just by the creatures which have emerged from the slime of Jekyll Island making up the international banking cartel. Underwriting much of the alleged debt in and outside of many Commonwealth nations you have the British Crown with vast holdings of assets, and then there are the various non-Jewish magnates and plutocrats making up the bulk of the establishments in most Western nations, with many of the them influential with Christian leaders – most of whom, incidentally, appear to have Masonic connections. Keeping those facts in mind, it would appear that the US and Israel have some kind of tacit permission from the actual Controllers of the West to take over Iran.
Despite the powers of the Rothschild dynasty and international Jewry, there are other interests at stake, and perhaps with the deals behind the scenes, most of the interests in taking over Iran are mutual. The US and other Western establishments, see the continued dominance of oil and natural gas as the major energy source at least to the end of this century. They know that their own reserves, and especially with our life styles being so energy-dependent, that unless they have total control over all major reserves, down into the future, not only will consumer appetite be depressed, but those powers which are not in the hands of the West will shift from their controls.
Of course, their interest-based reasoning does not stop there, and whether they buy into the alleged future oil-shortages view or not, all they have to do, if their real motives are for the expansion of their interests, is to present Iran as the center of Muslim resurgences and terrorism against Jewish, Western and Christian interests and security. Clouding these so-called “good” intentions for conquering Iran, of course, we have the essentially Rothschild and other Western dynasties, with their US-UK-Israeli axis nations and their plans to take over and dominate the world much more completely as they are doing at the present time. Some of them even think that they are “chosen” by God to do this. However, we seem to hear these echoes coincidentally all coming from the same Satanic source:
“He who controls the credit of the world controls the world.”
“He who controls the media of the world controls the world.”
“He who controls the real facts of the world controls the world.”
“He who controls the weather of the world controls the world.”
“He who controls the food production of the world controls the world.”
“He who controls fuel of the world controls the world.”
“He who controls trade roots and hubs of the world controls the world.”
“He who controls the religions of the world controls the world.”
“He who controls the fertility and reproduction rights of the people of the world controls the world.”
“He who controls the minds of the people of the world controls the world”
Honestly, have I left out anything else? Of course, if all of these pursuits are seen as Kosher and subject simply to whomever has the biggest shtick or stick, then no one is really looking at the devastation which has befallen the West in the wake of all of these insane and Satanic pursuits. Karganovic gives an example of the “expert” who cannot even answer the question if males get pregnant, all out of her pathetic fear of appearing politically correct, and being perhaps losing her position or job. When we prove that from the moment of conception the life of an unique human being begins distinct although dependent on the mother, the opposition establishment, in its political-correctness and in not wanting to interfere with the flavor-of-day invalid justifications, says, “So what, we still have a right to kill it.” No one looks to see that view is the very affirmation and entrenchment of the culture of death in which the powerful not only have the right to rule over the less powerful but also have the right to exterminate those they deem to be unwanted or non-essential. They entrench in the minds of the people the idea that they have the right to get rid of the unwanted in their midst so that they can abandon any pretense of a “rules-based” order and more freely and openly take what they want, rolling over and exterminating anyone and anything in the way of their will to power.
More AI Overview for the unconverted:
Question – “Is Iran seen as the gateway to control of Eurasia and thus Asia?”
Answer – “Yes, many geopolitical analysts consider control or influence over Iran to be a critical key—often described as the “Eurasian Lock”—to dominating the heart of Eurasia, and consequently, Asia. Iran’s strategic importance stems from its unique geography, linking the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf and acting as a bridge between the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Middle East.
Why Iran is Considered the Key to Eurasia:
Geographical Pivot (The “Lock”): Iran connects the Eurasian heartland to the Indian Ocean, serving as a vital node in land-based transit corridors, such as the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC), which links Russia to India.
Alternative to Maritime Choke Points: For China, Iran is a crucial component of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), providing a land-based route for energy and trade that bypasses US-controlled maritime routes, such as the Strait of Malacca and the Suez Canal.
Energy Security: Iran possesses the world’s second-largest natural gas reserves and fourth-largest oil reserves. Control over Iran offers significant influence over global energy supplies, with a large portion of its exports flowing to Asia.
Security Buffer: Iran acts as a firewall against instability in the Caucasus and Central Asia, which is critical for the regional security strategies of both Russia and China.
Geopolitical Implications:
Western Perspective: For the US, weakening Iranian influence is seen as a way to disrupt the China-Russia-Iran axis and prevent the consolidation of a unified Eurasia.
Eurasian Power Perspective: Russia and China rely on a stable, allied Iran to reduce their own vulnerabilities to Western sanctions and maritime pressure.
Regional Competition: Iran’s influence is contested by Turkey, particularly in the Caucasus, where competing transport corridors (like the “Trump Route” or TRIPP) aim to bypass Iranian territory.
While Iran is not the only piece of the puzzle—Central Asia, Russia, and China itself are critical—it is widely viewed as a “critical geographic node” that acts as a pivot in 21st-century Eurasia, making it a central factor in the competition for influence across the continent.”
The only RATIONAL conclusion one can make with these FACTS together with the actual MOTIVATIONS, is that the Western powers are intent on conquering Iran to expand their power base and for global hegemony. The Western powers are content to let the most ruthless people in their midst take the lead in causing the war, likely because, in exchange, they will reap most of the spoils. The, in effect, will share their ravenousness and rapacious plundering with the Jews, who appear, in any case, always to be aloof and imperious to any blame, and who also always seem to appear to be very glad to take the sage and forefront on every major event event, as if taking the leadership in virtually everything always in any case advances the fortunes of the tribe, much like the saying “All press, and even bad press is good press.”
The problem this time round is that the rest of the world is saying “Enough” – or at least hopefully saying that to all of the monsters in control of our broken civilization.
If you think that immigrants from the Middle East are overrunning your own neighborhood’s, wait until they start displacing some 60 million Iranians. But that is okay, because in a civilization which has willing supplanted its own fecundity, and signed its own death warrant, all for the materialist and hedonistic tickey tacky and fantasies, someone will have to replace us to consume and satisfy the interests of the Controllers and serve the machines.