Inspired by Donald Trump's rallying cry to "make America great again" there are calls across Europe to "make Europe great again." The "MEGA" battle cry has been taken up by populists who seek to liberate Europe from the catastrophic clutches of the European Union. This is hardly a surprise considering the way that the EU has overseen the cultural and political collapse of the nations entangled in its nihilistic web. 

In such a reactionary climate it is well to remember that our enemy's enemy is not necessarily our friend. Take, for example, the political philosophy being advanced by Pepe Escobar in his new book, Il Secolo Multipolare (The Multipolar Century). Essentially, Mr. Escobar is seeking a resurrection of Europe based on a weird blend of neo-pagan culture and godless humanist philosophy. 

"If the current, fragmented collective West would ever have a chance to be rescued from the Centaur of oblivion," he writes, "that task must be carried out by the definitive, Western civilization-state: Pallas Athena Italia." He derives his metaphor from a late-15th-century painting by Botticelli, Pallas and the Centaur, which depicts the Greek goddess of wisdom subduing the violence of the unruly and anarchic Centaur.