Posted on 07/23/2014 6:35:31 AM PDT by Kaslin
At least. Saw a TV show recently that followed Detroit fire fighters around.
Was quite surprised to see they were, by a considerable majority, white. At least at the station shown.
“Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.
This is known as ‘bad luck’.” - Robert Heinlein
Pretty much does, de facto, now.
I’ve come to understand the “80/20” of “liberalism”.
The sheeperals think the “80” is helping people.
The ruling class libs understand that the “80” is punishing those opposing them.
She’s kidding, surely. You can’t ask them to give up their $200 Nikes for a mere basic like water.
I seriously doubt your theory about Malthusian collapses of the past. They did indeed occur, most notably probably in the recurrent “Changes of the Mandate of Heaven” in China.
But there simply was no past society in which the weak/lazy/stupid were kept alive to reproduce in the way they are today in western societies. Even at the peak of population in China before a dynasty collapsed, the weak/lazy/stupid were not supported by others. They just died.
The dysgenic policies of modern societies are a completely new thing.
I think Malthus had it exactly right. Without modern technology and drops in birth rates, populations grew at a geometric rate whereas food production could only increase at an arithmetical rate. A eventually exceeded B, famine ensued and the population crashed.
One of the classic examples is Ireland before the Famine. I don’t think there’s much evidence the Irish population was largely composed of the weak/lazy/stupid, or that productive members of society had been supporting them.
...AMONG THESE are life, liberty, and the purfuit of happinefs.
...AMONG THESE...
Well-said. Now, who is in better shape? Not the Europeans/Russians nor the feckless Arabs, that’s for sure. Perhaps the Japanese/Chinese/Koreans, though they are busy joining the Western Civilization. Probably the S. and Central Americans.
Water is a human right. That must be the mantra.
Great quote.
“Water’s free, man!”
Put an old-fashioned water pump every 3 blocks or so. Give everyone a bucket. Free water. You pump it and haul it, you can have it for free. Anyone who pays can have it pumped to their home or apt. Simple solution.
Sounds like the whites are the minority here not the blacks.
We have a boat with a 100 gallon water tank. Since the water sits so long I won’t drink it. Just use it for doing dishes, etc.
Every morning I take my 1 gallon jug off the boat and to the closest faucet and fill it up. Then take it back on the boat to make coffee, etc.
Doesn’t kill me.
Where did this assertion come from?
Until very recently, food production was always a labor-intensive activity, so it should rise proportionately with population, which was rising exponentially, according to you. Ergo......
To a minor extent.
However, the best land is put into production first. Production, especially back then, before modern fertilizers, etc. dropped off really rapidly as marginal land was put into use.
And, of course, there's only so much land. Doubling the number of workers on a 40 acre wheat field will not double production. Might increase it somewhat, but not proportionately to the number of workers.
You won't believe all the corruption and graft that comes out of this little city.
As Dr. King put it so eloquently, “I have a dream that one day, my little grandchildren will live in a nation where they can send whitey their water bill.”
Not for nothing, but how the hell do you get $540 past due on a water bill?
Most places I have lived shut you off at 10 or 15 days late.
How does one read beyond a comment suggesting the contrary as above?
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