{"id":104036,"date":"2026-08-03T04:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=104036"},"modified":"2026-08-02T11:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T15:44:19","slug":"the-ceuta-invasion-as-a-tipping-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/08\/03\/the-ceuta-invasion-as-a-tipping-point\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ceuta invasion as a tipping point"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Substack, el gato malo<\/a> suggests that the “refugee” invastion of Ceuta is a “bridge too far” for the EU:<\/p>\n

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peruvian strongman oscar benavides famously said “for my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law”.<\/p>\n

once, such a thing might have provided a succinct summation of the practice of privilege in its literal sense of “private law”. there were laws for the aristocrats and others for the commoners and still others for non-citizens and slaves.<\/p>\n

such ideas date back to time out of mind before stone was placed upon stone in giza and stood as absolute expectation and norm in most of the world until quite recently (and pertain in many parts of the world even today). the idea that “all people should be equal under the law” was a radical alteration to social order, a repudiation of the divine right of kings and aristocrats and their monopolies on property and on violence. the literal idea that land could be owned by a commoner was an astonishing upheaval of established orders. it was also the freeing move that allowed for the west to rise and flourish and prosper, unlocking its vast human potential. one might think that people would be happy about this and cherish and protect this most foundational idea that serves as cornerstone to civilizations of liberty and plenty.<\/p>\n

lol.<\/p>\n

you must be new here.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

spain looks to be in real danger of falling as a nation. they created a mass amnesty for illegal immigrants from places that do not believe in spain but only in tribe and who do not believe in rights but only in who may dominate whom. if one seeks to be a wrecker, it’s a brilliant incentive. pardon a million and give them access to your social safety networks and welfare payments which fund a lifestyle far in excess of where they came from (and the right to vote for more) and the next wave is already packing its bags to come. spread enough jam and you can attract infinity ants.<\/p>\n

the US was well on its way to running this playbook (and likely has ~40 million illegals to show for it) before it was stopped. the astonishing bit was how easy it was to shut this off. you just cut off the incentives. no more free stuff, no more amnesty, no more “path to stay”, and no more “catch and release until our overwhelmed court system can have a hearing years from now”. it’s really that simple.<\/p>\n

due process becomes rounding you up and sending you home, not giving you a nice place to live for the 3 years until your case is heard.<\/p>\n

and it ALL comes down to prosecutors, courts, and agencies. immigration law became irrelevant not because the law changed but because enforcement did. the spectacle of american judges sneaking illegals out of courthouses to avoid their apprehension by ICE was really pretty astonishing. so too were the massive levels of entitlement fraud, literal government funded flights to needed voting districts, and the astonishing refusal to arrest or hold accountable any among them because “marginalized”. europe is worse.<\/p>\n

the NGO bond villian insidious complex has been running the table on the west for 20 years.<\/p>\n

and they are moving into overdrive now before the populist right forces they are giving reflexive rise to can take control.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

the media is, predictably, either ignoring this or pretending it’s a humanitarian crisis of families and babies. it’s not. this is damn near all men.<\/p>\n

and they are not behaving well.<\/p>\n

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some are claiming that many of these are criminals freed by morocco and bused to the border<\/a> as a deliberate act. (this same tactic was used by central and south american regimes to dump their gangs in the US.) images of robbery, rape<\/a>, and of murder<\/a> are cropping up.<\/p>\n

just what a town of 80k is supposed to do with 80k invaders and how they might be fed or sheltered or controlled remains an open question.<\/p>\n

meanwhile, EU commission president ursula von doom has moved to action.<\/p>\n

“we have sent a bureaucrat to monitor the situation. if this continues, they will tell people to ‘stop’. if that fails, they will say ‘stop’ again, perhaps in a firmer voice.”<\/p>\n

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to call this air and nonsense would be charitable. it’s an admission of helplessness. the EC relied upon a soft power it no longer possesses because it now faces people who believe only in hard power which the EC never had.<\/p>\n

bluff called.<\/p>\n

it’s over.<\/p>\n

the EC was fine to govern the sort of citizens who yell at tourists for crossing an empty street against the light. it is wholly unsuited for this and like many an ill fated magician’s apprentice before them, they have now summoned that which they have no hope of controling and will eat them alive.<\/p>\n

but here’s the part i really loved: “the images<\/em><\/strong> from ceuta are unacceptable”.<\/p>\n

talk about saying the quiet part out loud. not the events. not the crisis. the images. even now, for her it’s all perception. you want to understand why they want to mandate ID to use the internet\/social media and why they so desperately demand the right to censor it (once more using courts and agencies to enforce their whim)? this is why.<\/p>\n

“for my friends, speech, for my enemies censorship and gulag”.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

what they are doing cannot survive these images.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On Substack Notes<\/em>, GenX Anecdotes<\/a> reacts to the progressives’ response to the Ceuta situation:<\/p>\n

I often wonder about the open borders, “migrants welcome<\/em>” people and I can’t square it.<\/p>\n

I am traditionally a left leaning person from a mixed background who has travelled extensively.<\/p>\n

To the current progressive mind this ought to make me automatically cheering on the levels of mass migration we are living with.<\/p>\n

But it’s the opposite.<\/p>\n

The well travelled “anywhere” cosmopolitans should surely be the most aware of cultural differences and that it’s precisely the concept that nations are “particular” and unique from one another, that makes travelling such a fascinating and sometimes challenging thing to do. <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Travelling gave me a fresh and new appreciation of little things (that actually turned out to be important things) about Britain that I had taken for granted before.<\/p>\n

The fact that these muppets think that any form of patriotism or nationalism leads to Hitler is absolutely moronic.<\/p>\n

And of course they celebrate it everywhere else. It’s just us who are the baddies for wanting to hold onto our traditions, customs and culture.<\/p>\n

Why are we uniquely expected to live by different rules? Surely that in itself is kind of exceptionalist?<\/p>\n

A progressive travelling in India wouldn’t think twice about a Mumbai taxi driver having an Indian flag hanging on his rearview mirror.<\/p>\n

Or a Thai guesthouse having a shrine to the Thai royal family.<\/p>\n

When you travel, people are proud of their countries and towns. They want to show you around. They tell you their country is the best proudly.<\/p>\n

Of course, I will be here all day pointing out progressive double standards.<\/p>\n

But this one is a biggy! <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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