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[–]Captzapheart 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I bet it's those no good pesky darkie lesbo commies again....!

[–]Jacinda[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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Ed Dutton channeling his inner Malthus

I know it is his shtick but IMO this video would be improved if he had found a different song to open with — his attempt at humor combined with images of children dying of starvation is a little cruel for my tastes — It also makes the video more difficult to share on standard social media.

The contents however were great. Given that they are going to live to see some of this unfold, Dutton's students are fortunate to have him. More academics need to engage with the most pressing issue of our time.

 

References used in the podcast (Copied from Bitchute)

Overpopulation:

Africa food sufficiency:

Dysgenics and IQ:

[–]Jacinda[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Myth of the 20th Century cover the same topic albeit from a eugenicist angle:

They have their own set of references which are behind the link.

It was interesting but a little too discursive for me. I think Edward Dutton's take was better.

The bulk of the podcast was taken up describing how life at the Malthusian limits influenced genetic selection in the UK (and by corollary Western Europe) where the better off had more children and this had a eugenic effect on the general population.

The last section talked about how this trend in modern society is reversed so that the most conscientious and intelligent members of society are leaving the least number of offspring while welfare (shades of Malthus) enables the least capable members of society to proliferate.

There was a short but excellent discussion about how population density destroys the quality of life. They pointed out that Tuscany is considered a pleasant place to live but if everyone moved there it would lose it's attractiveness.

The podcast was still interesting, mainly because so few people address this topic, but the information could easily have been condensed into a moderately sized article. It would been good if they could have broadened their scope and used some of the information that Dutton presented.