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| 2006-03-02 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #8 AHH forgot link : Demographics and the Culture War by Stanley Kurtz - Policy Review, No_ 129 |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-03-02 15:42 |
| #7 Interesting read; see also this, "Demographics and the Culture War By Stanley Kurtz", don't remember if I've posted here or not. Two random thoughts : - On a global level, the followers of a given "conservative" religion are outbreeding competition everywhere, regardless of ethnicity, even when their own natality numbers are falling. Guess which "conservative" religion? Oh, yaaas, a substantial part of the coming world's population will be "conservative", no doubt. and - Heard it on a conservative independent radio : France's demographical group with the highest natality is not black african wimmen (4,5, supposedly, as opposed to 1,2 for european french wimmen, theses are not official stats, since categorizing through ethnicit is forbidden), but would be traditionalist catholics (6,6 kiddies per woman)... theses are the most conservative part of french society, with lots of home schooling, latin mass, joining scouts, learnign musical instruments, reading books, studying in prestigious private schools (even if they mostly hails from middle-class), joining the army (80% of Saint Cyr military academy cadets supposedly follow traditional pre-Vatican II mass). Why, I may be an evolutionary dead-end, and a bit of genetical deadwood, but this brings a lil' smile on my unlovely bloated face. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-03-02 15:41 |
| #6 Somebody should tell grom-wife & grom-baby. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-03-02 10:48 |
| #5 Long but not long winded in my opinion. I thought the point about the unintended consequences of the welfare state was particularly insightful. How long till the entire New Deal is proven counterproductive and rolled back? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-03-02 08:24 |
| #4 This article fleshes out the Roe Effect and puts it in context. A bit long-winded, but otherwise an excellent read. Demographics truly is destiny. And all the platitudes in the world are trumped by DNA. We truly cannot legislate biology. Some of the more extreme notions of modern feminism, even if well-intended, were doomed from the drawing board. All the wishing in the world won't change that. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2006-03-02 06:55 |
| #3 I was referring to statements like this. Patriarchy does not simply mean that men rule. Indeed, it is a particular value system that not only requires men to marry but to marry a woman of proper station. It competes with many other male visions of the good life, and for that reason alone is prone to come in cycles. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-03-02 06:10 |
| #2 I found the article actually rather persuasive. Its thrust is that selfish people see children as a burden, and therefore exterminate themselves by refusing to reproduce. They are replaced by real people who actually care about others. |
| Posted by: gromky 2006-03-02 04:03 |
| #1 Drivel. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-03-02 01:55 |