Editing Bruce Thornton (classicist) (section)

===Europe===
Thornton believes that the declining belief in interpersonal ideals such as [[patriotism|national pride]] and in religious ideals such as Christianity has led non-American [[Western world|Westerners]] to either substitute "political religions" such as [[communism]] and [[fascism]] into their lives or abandon having moral ideals altogether. This, in his opinion, weakens them against pressure from threats such as [[Islam in Europe#Muslim populations in Europe|increasing immigration to Europe by Muslims]] that have higher [[birth rate]]s than native Europeans. He has said, "If all of their goods are material, right, what material good is worth dying for and what material good is worth killing for?"<ref name=hoover/> His book ''Decline and Fall: Europe's Slow Motion Suicide'' has been described as part of the "[[Eurabia]] genre".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/01/04/eurabian-follies/|title=Eurabian Follies|date=4 January 2010|work=Foreign Policy}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IkcqEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22decline+and+fall%22+bruce+thornton+%22eurabia%22&pg=PA58|page=58|title=White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Danger of Fossil Fascism|first=Andreas|last=Malm|year=2021|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781839761744}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2CYEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22decline+and+fall%22+bruce+thornton+%22eurabia%22&pg=PT77|title=Muslim Women in Contemporary North America: Controversies, Clichés, and Conversations|first=Meena|last=Sharify-Funk|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2022|isbn=9781000801446}}</ref>