I agree with your concerns, but there's not a lot of economical systems that could quickly make poor societies reasonably wealthy in a short, or sustainable period of time. There exist 2 fairly good types of…
When everything is either extremely anodyne or extremely provocative, you have follow one line OR the other to a T, with absolutely no inbetween. So if you're writing about "cute" racoons in a relationship, either they…
Europe looks a bit like the sick man of Europe. Only a few nations seem to be doing well, like Poland, Ireland, maybe Spain? But Spain is lacking jobs, and so are most European countries. The heavyweights of France and…
Low pay is partially a reason why people have off-shored their industries there. If the government is somewhat competent, they can use the increased amount of funds to get more investors, build more infrastructure,…
That is the Decline of Assabiyyah or Social Cohesion. In multi-Ethnic nations, the solution is to forcibly move different ethnic groups with each other, as noted by Singapore's LKY, to prevent Diasporaic cultures from…
If Western Civilization prides itself on classically liberal freedoms, it cannot claim to do so while limiting them, especially for the sake of religion which is antithetical to the French forefathers of classical…
You're thinking of the Aztecs, who had some of the most well organized, cleanest cities in the world, despite brutal sacrifices which replaced death in warfare. It's an odd paradox noted by the Spanish. It's like…
Currently? Maybe in the close past, El Salvador has never been better in all of its history as a state. It still needs more investment in education and companies, but besides that it's doing very well.
In no particular order: Book of the New Sun series by Gene Wolfe. (Highly recommended) A Fire Upon the Deep (Either you like the Tines or the Skroderiders) Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Borges (Is reality imbued…
*inferior to industrialized versions of ancient cultures. The Victorians essentially gave up all sense of their medieval culture (Longbowmen and archer traditions, Yeoman farmers) for immense wealth and new luxuries…
Countries in their industrial era are quite literally not unlike third world countries. England at its Victorian era looks like an overpowered Brazil than anything even close resembling the US now.
The Brits weaponized their most intelligent, and made them work for the crown. That being said, mercantile navy based nations never really last beyond a few hundred years compared to the nations near the Steppe.
Chans are just the answer to "What if people from developed countries, acted like they were from third world countries?".
The biggest CO2 emitters are China, followed by the US and India. If the US releases so much CO2 in the air, then perhaps its not overpopulation like Nigeria, but production instead of having families.
I mean, researchers believe that Ashoka did feel remorse for what he did, and even prostrated himself in his commissions, which most Classical era leaders did not do. Maybe Pagan and Axial beliefs have a reason to be,…
It's not an ideal, we're returning to a Multi-polar world not unlike the 15th century where that was the case.
Global Hegemony shouldn't exist. The Chinese are right (even if they are using this fact against the U.S.) that there shouldn't be a single world power police, and the very existence of such a thing feels like a…
The US would've never lost their purchasing power to the Soviets, but we did now against our current secondary global power. Lifestyle was still better back then.
Remind me of your purchasing power? Your home ownership rates? Value of your dollar? Wages relative to lifestyle? Mental Illness rates? Chances of entering a high paying job, or prestigious University? Labor Unions?…
Unemployment is at 7.7% if you include discouraged workers, and participation of all working age adults is 61.6%. Participation was lower in the 70s (60%), due to most Women not entering the workforce. But ours includes…
Elder Millenials, Xennials, even younger Millenials will understand that what we are going through is difficult, but almost incomprehensible. There is this tremendous realization, for the few of us capable of not…
I think they were never fine in moderation, but one at least had a chance of real human connection, love, marriage, and even the potential for it to grow into something "mature", and non-hedonistic. And it's not the one…
Boomer era hedonism is built upon the assumption that "this is the way the world works, and always will work", and as such, with so much affluence and wealth, they were essentially nudged to create a cultural boom via…
Even if everyone was a traditional ethno-religious Pagan, I think we'd all be discussing this today because of one thing. Europe has no native "Diasporic" Middlemen Minorities, at least not compared to China or India.…
In a nutshell, behind every anti-intellectual movement, is a group of people who are often well educated.
I agree with your concerns, but there's not a lot of economical systems that could quickly make poor societies reasonably wealthy in a short, or sustainable period of time. There exist 2 fairly good types of…
When everything is either extremely anodyne or extremely provocative, you have follow one line OR the other to a T, with absolutely no inbetween. So if you're writing about "cute" racoons in a relationship, either they…
Europe looks a bit like the sick man of Europe. Only a few nations seem to be doing well, like Poland, Ireland, maybe Spain? But Spain is lacking jobs, and so are most European countries. The heavyweights of France and…
Low pay is partially a reason why people have off-shored their industries there. If the government is somewhat competent, they can use the increased amount of funds to get more investors, build more infrastructure,…
That is the Decline of Assabiyyah or Social Cohesion. In multi-Ethnic nations, the solution is to forcibly move different ethnic groups with each other, as noted by Singapore's LKY, to prevent Diasporaic cultures from…
If Western Civilization prides itself on classically liberal freedoms, it cannot claim to do so while limiting them, especially for the sake of religion which is antithetical to the French forefathers of classical…
You're thinking of the Aztecs, who had some of the most well organized, cleanest cities in the world, despite brutal sacrifices which replaced death in warfare. It's an odd paradox noted by the Spanish. It's like…
Currently? Maybe in the close past, El Salvador has never been better in all of its history as a state. It still needs more investment in education and companies, but besides that it's doing very well.
In no particular order: Book of the New Sun series by Gene Wolfe. (Highly recommended) A Fire Upon the Deep (Either you like the Tines or the Skroderiders) Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Borges (Is reality imbued…
*inferior to industrialized versions of ancient cultures. The Victorians essentially gave up all sense of their medieval culture (Longbowmen and archer traditions, Yeoman farmers) for immense wealth and new luxuries…
Countries in their industrial era are quite literally not unlike third world countries. England at its Victorian era looks like an overpowered Brazil than anything even close resembling the US now.
The Brits weaponized their most intelligent, and made them work for the crown. That being said, mercantile navy based nations never really last beyond a few hundred years compared to the nations near the Steppe.
Chans are just the answer to "What if people from developed countries, acted like they were from third world countries?".
The biggest CO2 emitters are China, followed by the US and India. If the US releases so much CO2 in the air, then perhaps its not overpopulation like Nigeria, but production instead of having families.
I mean, researchers believe that Ashoka did feel remorse for what he did, and even prostrated himself in his commissions, which most Classical era leaders did not do. Maybe Pagan and Axial beliefs have a reason to be,…
It's not an ideal, we're returning to a Multi-polar world not unlike the 15th century where that was the case.
Global Hegemony shouldn't exist. The Chinese are right (even if they are using this fact against the U.S.) that there shouldn't be a single world power police, and the very existence of such a thing feels like a…
The US would've never lost their purchasing power to the Soviets, but we did now against our current secondary global power. Lifestyle was still better back then.
Remind me of your purchasing power? Your home ownership rates? Value of your dollar? Wages relative to lifestyle? Mental Illness rates? Chances of entering a high paying job, or prestigious University? Labor Unions?…
Unemployment is at 7.7% if you include discouraged workers, and participation of all working age adults is 61.6%. Participation was lower in the 70s (60%), due to most Women not entering the workforce. But ours includes…
Elder Millenials, Xennials, even younger Millenials will understand that what we are going through is difficult, but almost incomprehensible. There is this tremendous realization, for the few of us capable of not…
I think they were never fine in moderation, but one at least had a chance of real human connection, love, marriage, and even the potential for it to grow into something "mature", and non-hedonistic. And it's not the one…
Boomer era hedonism is built upon the assumption that "this is the way the world works, and always will work", and as such, with so much affluence and wealth, they were essentially nudged to create a cultural boom via…
Even if everyone was a traditional ethno-religious Pagan, I think we'd all be discussing this today because of one thing. Europe has no native "Diasporic" Middlemen Minorities, at least not compared to China or India.…
In a nutshell, behind every anti-intellectual movement, is a group of people who are often well educated.