from the Daily Standard

It’s the sad symbol of a civilization on the verge of collapse. In Germany, the land of Christmas markets and festive cheer, the lights are going out this December. Literally. City after city is announcing that festive illuminations will be scaled back or even scrapped altogether. In Dresden, Stuttgart, and Heidelberg, it’s getting dark and cold. Is the power out? No. Is there a technical glitch?

No. The reason is far more shocking: the treasury is empty. Every last cent has been spent on the shelter, care, and pampering of millions of fortune seekers brought in by Angela Merkel and her successors. And what money remains isn’t being spent on Christian symbols, because imagine offending the neighborhood’s new Muslim majority.

The images Mario Nawfal paints on X are apocalyptic. The elegant baroque streets of Dresden? Black. The gigantic light angels of Stuttgart? Canceled. Heidelberg flips the switch as soon as the stalls close. A small town in North Rhine-Westphalia can’t even replace stolen lighting because the municipality is bankrupt.

“Wir schaffen das” (We can do it) means “Wir haben kein Geld mehr” (We have no more money.)

It’s the direct result of mass immigration. The mayors who cheered “Wir schaffen das!” (We can do it!) in 2015 are now left empty-handed. “Sorry folks, no money for Christmas this year… but the asylum hotels are fully funded, don’t worry,” Nawfal cynically summarizes.