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Category Archives: Demographics
US State of Maine Faces Demographic Squeeze
Why Maine Will Have “an Easier Catastrophe” of It Demographic catastrophes should always be viewed in relative terms: “Compared to what?” When compared to utter extinction, a demographic squeeze involving more old people to take care of and fewer young … Continue reading
Women Not Dying on the Job Quickly Enough? A Question of Gender Parity
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that, in 2015, men dominated the 20 most dangerous occupations in the United States. Logging is the most dangerous job in the U.S., followed by fishing. Mining is the 20th most dangerous profession. More … Continue reading
The Future Belongs to Women of Child-Bearing Years
If your country has no women of child-bearing years, it has no future without massive immigration. But if you import large numbers of young people who are not compatible with your culture and your technological level of culture and infrastrucuture, … Continue reading
Good News, Bad News
Good News: World Keeps Not Ending According to the loudest prognosticators of the past few centuries, the world should not exist. Our ancestors should have died in uncounted fiery religious conflagrations. The planet should have been destroyed by nuclear apocalypse, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Demographics, Doom, Europe, Postmodernism, TEOTWAWKI
Tagged leftist idiocy
Why President Trump is Determined to Spank Chairman Xi
Update: China’s Great Leap Backward China Enters a Stage of Vulnerability Here are some vulnerabilities, all of them affecting China’s economy and the Communist dictatorship’s ability to project power. Corruption challenges the dictatorship’s legitimacy. Managing the complex economy and addressing … Continue reading
Why Is It That They Can Only Destroy?
Resilient Populations Some populations have the capacity to work their way up out of dire poverty — and some populations lack the capacity to lift themselves. After the utter destruction of Germany and Japan in World War II, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics
Half the Sperm of Our Grandfathers
Less Semen, Fewer Sperm, Lower Testosterone: Not only were sperm counts per milliliter of semen down by more than 50 percent since 1973, but total sperm counts were down by almost 60 percent: We are producing less semen, and that … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Genetics and Gene Expression
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How Can We Explain the Coming European Idiocracy?
This post is a follow-on to yesterday’s article on the recent PNAS finding of a “reverse Flynn Effect” in Norway. IQs appear to be similarly falling in France, the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, and elsewhere in Europe. Yesterday we looked at … Continue reading
Russia: Who Will Pick Up the Pieces?
Nature abhors a vacuum, and a country that occupies 11% of the planetary mass while producing roughly 1.2% of its GDP is the very definition of vacuum. __ Source If current trends continue, Yury Krupnov says, Russians will be condemned … Continue reading
Behold Venezuela! Bernie Sanders Country
Remember when Bernie Sanders said that the “American Dream” was more likely to be found in countries like Venezuela, than in the US? We are beginning to get a clearer picture of what Sanders must have meant when he said … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Government, Idiocracy, Migrations, Venezuela, Wealth of Nations
What’s Holding Blacks Back?
It Feels Good to Be a Victim … blacks, inevitably, suffer from a classic post-colonial inferiority complex. Like insecure people everywhere, they are driven by a private sense of personal inadequacy to seeing imaginary obstacles to their success supposedly planted … Continue reading
China Loses Market Share… And Workers
China is no longer the manufacturer of first resort for a growing number of western importers. China is losing market share to upstarts, newcomers, and old grizzled rivals such as Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. China is losing market share … Continue reading
Why is Latin America So Violent?
Top 10 National Homicide Rates per Million Persons It is important to look at national homicides both as a rate — see above — and in total — see below. By either measure, Latin American nations have significant representation in … Continue reading
World’s Most Violent Places
50 Most Violent Cities When one shines a light under rocks and in dark corners, monstrous acts are apt to be uncovered and illuminated. The 50 violent cities above just happen to be places where records are kept, more or … Continue reading
Russian Update: Demographics Changing
Understanding Why Birthrates are Dropping Russia is undergoing a significant decline in the number of women of child-bearing years. As a result, we are starting to see a decline in birthrates which is likely to continue for decades to come. … Continue reading
Can Africa Rise Above Its Poverty and Low IQ?
Curse of Poverty and Low IQ The poverty of sub Saharan Africa is a perpetual problem which has long troubled western global analysts. Since the days of Albert Schweitzer, charitable persons and institutions from the advanced world have been lavishing … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Demographics, Fertility, IQ
Tagged Africa
Welcome to the Idiocracy: Lynn and Flynn Agree
Scientists Richard Lynn and James Flynn are well known for their discovery of the Lynn-Flynn effect. First Lynn and then Flynn independently discovered that average IQ test scores in industrial nations were rising during the mid to late 20th century. … Continue reading
Sweden Needs Robots! Lots of Robots!
Sweden is In Desperate Trouble Sweden never used to have so much gang violence, nor did it suffer from a rape epidemic before recently. All of that has changed since Sweden’s government opened the doors to third world immigration. Such … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Machine Intelligence, Robots, satire
Tagged leftist idiocy, robots, sexbots, Sweden
China’s Growth is 100% Debt Driven
China leads the world in economic growth but that growth is 100% debt-driven. China’s recent $10 trillion in growth comes from $10 trillion in additional debt. … The instability of China’s credit-fueled, investment-focused growth strategy is—without a doubt—one of the … Continue reading
Posted in China, Demographics, Economics, Poison
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Can Millennials Grow Up Before They Grow Old?
The Millennial Generation are those North Americans who were born between 1984 and 2000. They were always told how special they were, but they were rarely raised or educated in ways that would give them the skills — and develop … Continue reading
Putin Asks “How Long Until They Eat Us?”
The New Look of the Human Apocalypse Vladimir Putin: “How Long Until They Eat Us?” Vladimir Putin has expressed his fears over artificial intelligence by asking Russia’s largest technology firm how long it will be until smart robots ‘eat us’. … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Future, Robots, Russia, Russian Decline, satire, Sex
Tagged robots, sexbots
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Africa’s “Complex Transition” Into the Modern World
Darkest Africa and for Very Good Reasons When President Macron of France suggested that black Africa has “civilisational problems,” he was immediately attacked by the usual suspects of the politically correct mindset. But Macron was merely saying in a polite … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Demographics, Executive Functions, Fertility, Genetics and Gene Expression, IQ
Tagged Africa, Infrastructure
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High Tax / Low Opportunity States Losing People
States that voted for Hillary are going broke and losing the people and businesses they cannot afford to lose. High-tax states are losing human capital and financial wealth to low-tax states with more personal and regulatory freedom. When people leave … Continue reading
Posted in Demographics, Economics, Government, Politics
Tagged Immigration
Good, Bad, and Ugly in Putin’s Russia
Incomes are up, but only because government workers’ wages are rising so fast. Bank deposits and the national reserve fund are at their lowest. “… missile factories are almost at a standstill because of shortages of parts and problems with … Continue reading
Why are Today’s Young So Juvenile?
Update: The fantasies of today’s young speak ill of their upbringing and education. Earlier generations took on responsibility at young ages. Benjamin Franklin left school and began his working career at age 10. His writing career began at age 12 … Continue reading
