tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post8493743674793899007..comments2024-03-17T00:23:24.896-07:00Comments on Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern Left: Tucker Carlson versus Cultural Leftist ProfessorLord Keyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-14154311458458178382017-01-30T20:11:31.067-08:002017-01-30T20:11:31.067-08:00Looks like Putnam ain't the ally you want to m...Looks like Putnam ain't the ally you want to make him out to be:<br /><br />http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/robert-putnam-says-his-research-was-twisted/3035<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12802663<br /><br />"I do need to step back a minuet and say I think that the - it's not merely a fact that America's becoming more diverse. It's a benefit. America will - all of us will, over the long run, benefit from being a more diverse, more heterogeneous place. Places that are more diverse have higher rates of growth on average and they have better cuisine. And it's just a more interesting place to live. So in the long run, waves of immigration like we're going through now and that we've gone through in the past and increasing diversity is good for a society"<br /><br />http://infed.org/mobi/robert-putnam-social-capital-and-civic-communityKevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-66750043840540951942017-01-30T11:49:26.081-08:002017-01-30T11:49:26.081-08:00Illogical. I don't know why someone should hav...<i>Illogical. I don't know why someone should have to be a Keynesian to be cited on this blog. In any case, Ryan Faulk is not an ancap or an austrian anymore and now advocates protectionism and other statist policies</i><br /><br />*snicker* And he's also some random Youtubber and not necessarily a "source" to be cited about anything. I'm looking at his current blog now, though. He appears to be a so-called "Race Realist." Tells me all I need to know about the dude. I love this blog title" "White Republicans overwhelmingly feel like strangers in their own country." Boo-hoo-hoo. As if the country was founded by and for Republicans. ;-)<br /><br />I'd double-urge you to look into Gerald Horne's work. If he's correct then you're dead wrong about how slaves were appropriated:<br /><br />https://youtu.be/2Snzl41lX54?t=5m35s<br /><br />"The merchants descend[ed] on the African continent with the demented energy of crazed bees manacling and handcuffing every African in sight, dragging them across the Atlantic."<br /><br />Also, take a look at these:<br /><br />http://www.uhurusolidarity.org/2014/09/08/next-time-someone-says-but-africans-sold-themselves-into-slavery-send-them-this-article<br /><br />http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2015/09/slavery_myths_seven_lies_half_truths_and_irrelevancies_people_trot_out_about.html <br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/dp/046500296X/?tag=slatmaga-20<br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/07/the-myth-of-black-confederate-soldiers/21370<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Slaverys-Capitalism-American-Economic-Development-ebook/dp/B01JO927QW/ref=la_B001HMN96W_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485805598&sr=1-2Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-13949385804799492722017-01-30T10:54:05.574-08:002017-01-30T10:54:05.574-08:00most of the left is at war with human nature and g...<i>most of the left is at war with human nature and genetics, so lysenkoism and Lockean blank slatism are not dead yet</i><br /><br />You shoot yourself in the foot with a statement like that as far as I'm concerned. The individual who pointed out to me that Tribalism has brought us to the brink of Nuclear destruction [which it has] is decidedly Conservative with a strong Libertarian streak. And I might add, highly opposed to Collectivism.<br /><br /><i>Tribalism preserves identity, increases social capital within the group and prevents subversion by out-groups with antagonistic interests</i><br /><br />I don't think so. Whatever Racist policies about limiting immigration you may be able to point to in US history, we've developed into just such a country that is able to grow and change and forge new identities based on new senses of shared meaning.<br /><br />OTOH, you may be quite right about Europe. Their cultures appear to me to be too weak to adopt to such changes and may be on the way out. I won't be shedding a tear, really. It was the Albatross of their old world prejudices this country spent decades trying to fight off in order to enjoy basic equality not based on the color of one's skin.<br /><br />Overall you do provide interesting food for thought though, so thanks for the input and discussion. I'm not fully sold one way or the other.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-15114559685491065882017-01-26T09:28:01.015-08:002017-01-26T09:28:01.015-08:00If Africans had a life expectancy of 14 they would...If Africans had a life expectancy of 14 they would not be able to sustain their populations. I am well-aware that this is dragged down by infant mortality. That is part of the point!<br /><br />Your tadpole example is deranged and absurd because a frog can produce hundreds of tadpoles. They lay lots of eggs that hatch within 9-21 days.<br /><br />Humans cannot reproduce until around age 13, at least. And they take 9 months to carry to term.<br /><br />Look, I've modelled this stuff.You have no idea what you're talking about. Either build a model, upload it online proving your point or just stop. You sound silly.TheIllusionisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642837989235595346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-90870040763075291912017-01-26T08:01:32.131-08:002017-01-26T08:01:32.131-08:00Illusionist, You are being dishonest. Here, in ful...Illusionist, You are being dishonest. Here, in full, is your comment:<br />"Lol African life expectancy was half of an American slaves?<br /><br />And an American slave could expect to live 38 years?<br /><br />So, the Africans were dying at around age 14?<br /><br />And you can credibly make a case that they sustained their population given these numbers?<br /><br />Don't think so bud. Model it. Even with extreme assumptions, the population would be falling by more than half per generation if your numbers are true."<br /><br />So the misunderstanding here is ferocious. What is the<br />r life expectancy of a frog? Most tadpoles die fast. So your notion that Africa would impode if they had a lower life expectancy than American slaves is a crock for precisely the reason I gave: infant mortality has a huge effect on life expectancy. And a life expectancy of 36 does not imply a mean lifetime of 14!<br /><br />Note that I am not defending that guy's numbers. I am only attacking your reasoning. Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976919713907046171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-52237107768769609942017-01-26T01:43:13.619-08:002017-01-26T01:43:13.619-08:00Ken B,
Life expectancy in Africa in the 18th and ...Ken B,<br /><br />Life expectancy in Africa in the 18th and 19th century was around 28 years. Not terribly far behind the world average of 30 years.<br /><br />https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy-globally-since-1770.png<br /><br />I've noticed that these White Nationalists tend to be highly uneducated and tend to source dubious statistics and historical sources. They're sort of cranks, to be honest. Which is why, I suppose, many libertarians have gravitated in the direction of the movement. Sad.TheIllusionisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642837989235595346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-43413336866118545252017-01-26T01:34:23.468-08:002017-01-26T01:34:23.468-08:00Ken B,
Yes, I've built demographic models. Ha...Ken B,<br /><br />Yes, I've built demographic models. Have you? Nothing either of you are saying makes any sense. Equivalent to 2+2=5.TheIllusionisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642837989235595346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-79300134242768823632017-01-26T01:32:42.210-08:002017-01-26T01:32:42.210-08:00Ken B, yes, I've built demographic models. You...Ken B, yes, I've built demographic models. You're wrong. And the fascist guy is too. You're basically saying that 2+2=5.TheIllusionisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642837989235595346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-25984000353495035082017-01-25T21:41:24.024-08:002017-01-25T21:41:24.024-08:00I would call your attention to the following paper...I would call your attention to the following paper, page 334 fig 4:<br /><br />http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/gurven/papers/GurvenKaplan2007pdr.pdf<br /><br />Looks to me like the % of those who reached 70 was about 25-30%?Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-40457316418404706732017-01-25T14:02:30.584-08:002017-01-25T14:02:30.584-08:00Amusing. 47% was the per cent not paying income ta...<i>Amusing. 47% was the per cent not paying income taxes. How quaint to assume that's "the poor"</i><br /><br />Sure thing Ken. Romney was upset about the lazy rich not paying taxes:<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney_presidential_campaign,_2012#47.25_comment<br /><br />"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are <b>dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it</b>"<br /><br />Any more of your silly, misinformed remarks today?Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-79122815730461035952017-01-25T13:55:32.701-08:002017-01-25T13:55:32.701-08:00I do take issue with one thing though. Blacks were...<i>I do take issue with one thing though. Blacks were mainly sold to Whites by other Blacks, not "kidnapped" per se</i><br /><br />I take issue with your issues. Check the work of Professor Gerald Horne on that one. He's done extensive research on the Transcontinental Slave trade, and his conclusions might well surprise you:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Snzl41lX54&feature=youtu.be&t=2m46s<br /><br />Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-51306896291294647142017-01-25T13:20:22.841-08:002017-01-25T13:20:22.841-08:00Christ, Kevin. I did not say they do not exist. I ...Christ, Kevin. I did not say they do not exist. I said they *mostly* exist only in the heads of crazed leftists and liberals. That is, they are a small fringe of people. <br /><br />However, for the insane cultural left, basically everybody is a "white supremacist" these days, even Bernie Sanders:<br /><br />http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.com/2016/11/bernie-sanders-may-be-white-supremacist.html<br /><br />Clear?Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-86466431382546570672017-01-25T13:16:14.870-08:002017-01-25T13:16:14.870-08:00"Thanks for that, but I don't see how it&...<i>"Thanks for that, but I don't see how it's relevant."</i><br /><br />Jesus, you said "Native Americans had a [pre-conquest?] lifespan of about 70 years." This is an ignorant and false statement, Kevin, because we know that human *life span* is about 120 years. <br /><br />Presumably you meant, as I said, "average life expectancy at birth" was 70 years. Except anybody who isn't ignorant knows such a statement is almost certainly false, given the horrendously high infant mortality in all pre-modern societies.<br /><br />Here is some data on average life expectancy at birth:<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#Variation_over_time<br /><br />So time to put up or shut up, dude.Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-86925613424034086242017-01-25T12:27:47.486-08:002017-01-25T12:27:47.486-08:00Your link says nothing about life expectancy or li...<i>Your link says nothing about life expectancy or life span</i><br /><br />So do some Googling, Homie. Do I have to find everything for you? j/k ;-)<br /><br /><i>you don't even seem to understand the difference between "life span" and "average life expectancy at birth" (or at a given age). The life span of human beings is about 120, not 70, though very few people live this long</i><br /><br />Thanks for that, but I don't see how it's relevant.<br /><br /><i>however, the statistic that matters is average life expectancy *at birth*. Since in all pre-modern societies infant mortality was very high, average life expectancy *at birth* was usually very low, usually 25-35</i><br /><br />I'd be real surprised if you could prove such a thing to be true of the Natives of the North and South American continents. <i>Real</i> surprised. Look at the Mayans, the Incas, the Aztecs and the societies they built!<br /><br /><i>finally, none of this is even remotely a case against modern Western technology and medical science, which in all known societies where it is applied increases average life expectancy *at birth* massively</i><br /><br />Who cares about it being a case "against" it? My case is that cultures shouldn't be Techno-Shamed by modern Western finger pointers. And the Dinesh D'Souza Colonialist Apologist nonsense needs to go, as far as I'm concerned. If you truly support the right of cultures to self-determination, then you HAVE to agree! Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-54588096645369664362017-01-25T12:19:19.527-08:002017-01-25T12:19:19.527-08:00To say White Supremacists weren't the reason f...To say White Supremacists weren't the reason for Trump's victory is one thing, but are you sure you want to go there in insisting they don't actually exist?Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-67859539922066006562017-01-25T12:17:42.088-08:002017-01-25T12:17:42.088-08:00Tribalism is the default setting of virtually all ...<i>Tribalism is the default setting of virtually all human beings</i><br /><br />You'll have to show me proof of that one. Right now we live in a dangerous time wherein the various "Tribes" have gained the ability to destroy all life as we know it through Nuclear Armaments.<br /><br />FFF, you're a critic of Feminism and you don't see the inherent Tribalism in their Circle-The-Wagons mentality?<br /><br />I'm not meaning to imply I have all the answers here, but I am interested in the topic of Tribalism and exploring just how healthy it is or... isn't?Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-74601771446547635642017-01-25T11:45:19.137-08:002017-01-25T11:45:19.137-08:00Amusing. 47% was the per cent not paying income ta...Amusing. 47% was the per cent not paying income taxes. How quaint to assume that's "the poor". Perhaps his returns will show Trump was part of "the poor" for a while, after that big write-off.Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976919713907046171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-61743547465134946412017-01-25T11:42:16.025-08:002017-01-25T11:42:16.025-08:00LK
Right you are. I have lost track of the times I...LK<br />Right you are. I have lost track of the times I have heard innumerates conclude that if life expectancy is 25 then 60 year-olds must be rare. Two more today. (Perhaps I need to explain the them why 2?)<br /><br />Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976919713907046171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-13250533742830379712017-01-25T11:09:55.226-08:002017-01-25T11:09:55.226-08:00Tribalism is the default setting of virtually all ...Tribalism is the default setting of virtually all human beings. <br /><br />People want ethnic, cultural and national identities, to some degree.<br /><br />FFS, Liberals of the early 20th century used to be vehement supporters of national and ethno-nationalist self determination and separatism.Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-74050166760191425082017-01-25T11:05:56.422-08:002017-01-25T11:05:56.422-08:00The issue here is lunatic cultural leftist nonsens...The issue here is lunatic cultural leftist nonsense that Trump's victory is all the fault of "white supremacists", when such people these days mostly exist only in the heads of crazed leftists and liberals.Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-46109822321261399452017-01-25T11:03:35.497-08:002017-01-25T11:03:35.497-08:00Kevin Wayne@January 25, 2017 at 9:43 AM
"OTOH...Kevin Wayne@January 25, 2017 at 9:43 AM<br /><i>"OTOH, Native Americans had a lifespan of about 70 years. There goes your wonderful argument for technology"</i><br /><br />(1) Your link says nothing about life expectancy or life span. <br /><br />(2) you don't even seem to understand the difference between "life span" and "average life expectancy at birth" (or at a given age). The life span of human beings is about 120, not 70, though very few people live this long.<br /><br />(3) perhaps you read somewhere that the average life expectancy of native Americans in their 20s (pre-conquest) was about 70. If true, this wouldn't be surprising, since in most pre-industrial societies average life expectancy of people who attain the ages 20-25 is about 50-70. Hell, the ancient Greeks average life expectancy at 25 was probably about 60.<br /><br />(4) however, the statistic that matters is average life expectancy *at birth*. Since in all pre-modern societies infant mortality was very high, average life expectancy *at birth* was usually very low, usually 25-35. <br /><br />(5) finally, none of this is even remotely a case against modern Western technology and medical science, which in all known societies where it is applied increases average life expectancy *at birth* massively.<br />Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-9278481077995329312017-01-25T10:29:28.065-08:002017-01-25T10:29:28.065-08:00All this hand-wringing over Whites becoming a mino...All this hand-wringing over Whites becoming a minority in the US is definitely of concern, but I have a better word for it than Racism:<br /><br />http://bigthink.com/risk-reason-and-reality/how-tribalism-overrules-reason-and-makes-risky-times-more-dangerous<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribalism<br /><br />http://www.salon.com/2014/03/25/robert_reich_tribalism_is_tearing_america_apart_partner<br /><br />Perhaps this is an avenue that should be explored? Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-45060637161389909002017-01-25T10:27:11.329-08:002017-01-25T10:27:11.329-08:00Illusionist
Do you understand how life expectancy ...Illusionist<br />Do you understand how life expectancy is calculated? (Aside from your 14 is half of 38 thing I mean?) High child mortality. If half of children die before age 1, what's the life expectancy if everyone else dies at 60? So this claim is not prima-facie implausible, and does NOT imply what you conclude.Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976919713907046171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-33411552406547321482017-01-25T10:16:30.445-08:002017-01-25T10:16:30.445-08:00Mitt Romney is famous for his "47% remark.&qu...Mitt Romney is famous for his "47% remark." That might not be "Racially Inflammatory," but it is indeed bashing the poor.<br /><br />The professor was right on the following counts:<br /><br />*Initially the only people who could vote where those who owned property, which as it turns out, was largely White Males.<br /><br />*They're <i>not</i> "clamoring" to come here. I've posted the proof from Pew Research several times to show that there has been more movement of Illegal Immigrants SOUTH of the border. You've never acknowledged that AFAICS.<br /><br />*Whiteness has changed in perception over the centuries. Why do you think so many Irish fled their homeland? To get away from the Brits and their racism!<br /><br />Doesn't seem to me that Tucker Carlson does much to his arguments. Here's Prof Hughey's Amazon page, looks better than FOX would give him credit for:<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=matthew+hughey&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=81009897319&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11359333872828871958&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032952&hvtargid=kwd-18462887684&ref=pd_sl_19zipknryj_bKevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-1916087804634689502017-01-25T09:43:39.501-08:002017-01-25T09:43:39.501-08:00and your quality of life as a slave in America wou...<i>and your quality of life as a slave in America would probably be a lot better than being a slave or even a free man in the jungles of early 19th century Africa</i><br /><br />Doubt it, seriously. That sounds a lot like Dinesh D'souza colonialist apologist nonsense. If your life expectancy increases but is more likely to get you a bullsnake whip across your back and/or ended hanging from a roadside tree, how is that an improvement?<br /><br />OTOH, Native Americans had a lifespan of about 70 years. There goes your wonderful argument for technology:<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1491:_New_Revelations_of_the_Americas_Before_Columbus <br /><br />Ryan Faulk is Anti-Deficits. When did he become something to be cited around here?Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.com