Reality Does Not Yield – How Energy Shortages Crush Ideology

There’s a point where ideas collide with reality. And when that happens, reality always wins.

Europe is now approaching that point. Ideologically driven societies, ruled by emotion instead of reason, are crashing into the wall of physical limits. Nowhere is this more evident than in Germany—Europe’s leading nation—which for two decades has followed postmodern illusions of morality, sustainability, and "the future." The consequences are becoming clear: cold homes, stalled industries, and citizens who can no longer afford their energy bills.

Germany’s policies are not the result of stupidity, but of a new kind of irrationality—one that wraps itself in the language of compassion and progressivism, yet no longer asks what works—only what feels right. That’s why nuclear plants were shut down. That’s why dependence on Putin’s gas was embraced. That’s why Germany put its faith in sun and wind, without the ability to store their energy. And that’s why it ignored the basic law of every society: energy is life. Without energy, there is no civilization.

Europe's leaders have for decades been educated in universities where facts lost to feelings, objectivity was mocked, and science was rebranded as a tool of oppression. In these circles, it's more important to feel correct than to be correct. This is the legacy of postmodernism—an ideology that taught a generation that reality is fluid, truth is relative, and logic is Western dominance. That’s why criticism of the green transition’s catastrophic failures is dismissed as "reactionary," "climate denial," or "far-right."

But reality isn’t a language game. It doesn’t negotiate. It doesn’t respond to indignation. When electricity fails, when companies relocate, when food prices explode—moral slogans won’t help. Someone still needs to press a button that actually works.

In the United States, we see something Europe has nearly forgotten: the ability to say no. If U.S. authorities dare to challenge institutions like Harvard—which have become echo chambers of ideological conformity—it would be just in time. It would mark the beginning of a return to function over feeling. To what works over what flatters.

Energy is not an opinion. It’s not a moral posture. It’s not a gender perspective or a power discourse. Energy is physics. And if a society cannot produce affordable, reliable energy, it will collapse—regardless of how noble its intentions or how virtuous it feels. Other societies that didn’t make the same mistake will replace it.

We must say this clearly: green dreams that ignore physical reality will inevitably be crushed by that reality.

Germany chose morality over function—and is heading toward economic suicide. Sweden and other nations are following close behind. Only by putting reality, energy, and practical function back at the center can we avoid the same fate.

It’s time to bury postmodernism. Not out of hate. Not out of fear. But out of necessity. Evolution has always eliminated what doesn't work. This time, it may be our societies at stake.