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		By: Didact		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2021 08:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://didacticmind.com/2021/06/friday-ta-ginger-spice-edition.html#comment-6310&quot;&gt;Johnny&lt;/a&gt;.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Remember that Russia is also a low-trust society, but the women are attractive, and the prosperity level, while not great, is still much higher than countries full of these three races.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I have to push back a bit there. Russia is not a low-trust society in my experience, at all. I&#039;ve lived among Russians for over a year and I find them to be higher-trust than both Brits and big-city Americans.

There is not much scholarly work done in this area, but what little you will find, indicates that Russians are low-trust &lt;i&gt;when it comes to government institutions&lt;/i&gt;. But in fact, at a personal level, Russians are very trusting people - once you get past their initial Slavic reserve.

If you look at maps of social trust, you&#039;ll often see that Russia actually scores &lt;i&gt;lower&lt;/i&gt; in social trust rankings than &lt;i&gt;India and China&lt;/i&gt; does. This makes no sense to me, as I have spent time in both Indian and Chinese societies. Digging into it a bit deeper, the reason why is basically because the question that researchers ask people is, essentially, &quot;do you agree that most people can be trusted?&quot;. That isn&#039;t the same as Dr. Robert Putnam&#039;s measures of social capital and societal trust.

My reading of it is that Russians are trusting of people who look, act, and sound like them. They respect and welcome foreigners &lt;i&gt;in small numbers&lt;/i&gt;, as long as those foreigners strive to adapt to Russian norms and speak the Russian language. I was warmly welcomed into Russian society because I adapted to them and had no interest whatsoever in trying to change their way of doing things.

By sharp contrast, if you go to Manchester or London and spend any time in the South Asian parts of those cities, you will think that you are in Dhaka or Karachi. NO such parallel exists in Moscow, in my experience - the closest you&#039;ll find is the &quot;ethnic&quot; restaurants where everyone speaks Tajik, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Kazakhi, Chechen, or Uzbek inside, but speaks Russian outside.

I don&#039;t know where Russians rank in terms of social trust. Based on my experience, I think that the rankings go something like:
Lowest - Chinese and Indians
Low - Urban Brits, Americans
Medium - Israeli Jews, Russians
High - Rural Americans
Highest - Scandinavians]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://didacticmind.com/2021/06/friday-ta-ginger-spice-edition.html#comment-6310">Johnny</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>Remember that Russia is also a low-trust society, but the women are attractive, and the prosperity level, while not great, is still much higher than countries full of these three races.</p></blockquote>
<p>I have to push back a bit there. Russia is not a low-trust society in my experience, at all. I&#8217;ve lived among Russians for over a year and I find them to be higher-trust than both Brits and big-city Americans.</p>
<p>There is not much scholarly work done in this area, but what little you will find, indicates that Russians are low-trust <i>when it comes to government institutions</i>. But in fact, at a personal level, Russians are very trusting people &#8211; once you get past their initial Slavic reserve.</p>
<p>If you look at maps of social trust, you&#8217;ll often see that Russia actually scores <i>lower</i> in social trust rankings than <i>India and China</i> does. This makes no sense to me, as I have spent time in both Indian and Chinese societies. Digging into it a bit deeper, the reason why is basically because the question that researchers ask people is, essentially, &#8220;do you agree that most people can be trusted?&#8221;. That isn&#8217;t the same as Dr. Robert Putnam&#8217;s measures of social capital and societal trust.</p>
<p>My reading of it is that Russians are trusting of people who look, act, and sound like them. They respect and welcome foreigners <i>in small numbers</i>, as long as those foreigners strive to adapt to Russian norms and speak the Russian language. I was warmly welcomed into Russian society because I adapted to them and had no interest whatsoever in trying to change their way of doing things.</p>
<p>By sharp contrast, if you go to Manchester or London and spend any time in the South Asian parts of those cities, you will think that you are in Dhaka or Karachi. NO such parallel exists in Moscow, in my experience &#8211; the closest you&#8217;ll find is the &#8220;ethnic&#8221; restaurants where everyone speaks Tajik, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Kazakhi, Chechen, or Uzbek inside, but speaks Russian outside.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know where Russians rank in terms of social trust. Based on my experience, I think that the rankings go something like:<br />
Lowest &#8211; Chinese and Indians<br />
Low &#8211; Urban Brits, Americans<br />
Medium &#8211; Israeli Jews, Russians<br />
High &#8211; Rural Americans<br />
Highest &#8211; Scandinavians</p>
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		By: furor kek tonicus		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gingers have lots of souls
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their freckles are where they store the souls they&#039;ve stolen.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gingers have lots of souls<br />
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their freckles are where they store the souls they&#8217;ve stolen.</p>
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		By: Dire Badger		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2021 03:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thank you, Didact, you are indeed kind.]]></description>
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		By: Johnny		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 02:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://didacticmind.com/2021/06/friday-ta-ginger-spice-edition.html#comment-6307&quot;&gt;Didact&lt;/a&gt;.

The problem is that attributing civilizational level to trust ultimately implies that these races can become advanced, and there is not a genetic component.  I think trust is downstream from basic ability to think long-term, work in teams, and resolve disputes.

Also, since we agree that the ability of a race to create an advanced society has at least a 60-70% correlation with the looks of the women of that race (I say even higher than that percentage), that means that the three races with virtually no human capital can attribute it to genetic factors as well.  Hence, they are not going to modernize any time soon.

These three races are the absolute bottom in terms of both female attractiveness &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; economic prosperity of their societies.  Low trust is a byproduct of this, but downstream from the core reason.

Remember that Russia is also a low-trust society, but the women are attractive, and the prosperity level, while not great, is still much higher than countries full of these three races.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://didacticmind.com/2021/06/friday-ta-ginger-spice-edition.html#comment-6307">Didact</a>.</p>
<p>The problem is that attributing civilizational level to trust ultimately implies that these races can become advanced, and there is not a genetic component.  I think trust is downstream from basic ability to think long-term, work in teams, and resolve disputes.</p>
<p>Also, since we agree that the ability of a race to create an advanced society has at least a 60-70% correlation with the looks of the women of that race (I say even higher than that percentage), that means that the three races with virtually no human capital can attribute it to genetic factors as well.  Hence, they are not going to modernize any time soon.</p>
<p>These three races are the absolute bottom in terms of both female attractiveness <em>and</em> economic prosperity of their societies.  Low trust is a byproduct of this, but downstream from the core reason.</p>
<p>Remember that Russia is also a low-trust society, but the women are attractive, and the prosperity level, while not great, is still much higher than countries full of these three races.</p>
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		By: Didact		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 15:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://didacticmind.com/2021/06/friday-ta-ginger-spice-edition.html#comment-6299&quot;&gt;Johnny&lt;/a&gt;.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Redheads tend to have unusually pale skin&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Ginger is something of an acquired taste, I admit. I&#039;m quite partial to it in stir-fries and pork seasoning - women, not so much.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Of course the West should stop importing all three. But that is not happening. The importation is increasing, if anything.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Of course it is. To stop importing the entirety of the Dirt World would be RAAAAAAACISSSST!!!! And there is no faster way to get a Boomercuck to STFU than by threatening him with the dreaded R-word. That&#039;s a big part of the reason why this keeps happening.

&lt;blockquote&gt;So what happens? Will these three races EVER have human capital (per capita)? Or are they destined to be burdens to the more advanced races forever?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Well, let&#039;s look case by case.

Black Africa has had over 5,000 years to create functional high-quality civilisations, and that hasn&#039;t happened.

The Mesoamericans DID have their own versions of civilisation, and quite powerful ones as well. They had their own understanding of mathematics, astronomy, and engineering. Of course, they also had a pervasive culture of warfare and ritual human sacrifice, and hadn&#039;t gotten so far as inventing nails or cement, so the loss of that particular culture is &lt;i&gt;not exactly surprising&lt;/i&gt;, and from a Christian perspective, it&#039;s far from a bad thing to see idolatrous child-murderers and cannibals wiped out.

South Asians have developed advanced civilisations in the past. Much of what we consider &quot;modern&quot; mathematics and physics comes from that part of the world. But they&#039;ve gone a long way downhill. And they spend far too much of their time blaming Westerners for their own failings, instead of getting on with rebuilding their own civilisations.

To my mind, the major factor that determines civilisational performance appears to be &lt;i&gt;trust&lt;/i&gt;. I&#039;ve written about this many times in the past. This is not my idea and it is not unique to me at all - I got it from John Ringo. But the correlation between high civilisational and cultural performance, and social trust, appears to be extremely strong - I estimate greater than 80%. All three of the low-integration groups you mention are extremely low-trust and have tribal mindsets, to greater or lesser extents.

&lt;blockquote&gt;I wonder if the future of Indians in the West is the same as Gypsies in Europe (who also originated from India).&lt;/blockquote&gt;

It&#039;s quite likely. The Romany are, again, a low-trust bunch. They don&#039;t trust anyone who isn&#039;t from their own tribe. And that is similar to the way that far too many Indians, and South Asians in general, behave in foreign countries.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://didacticmind.com/2021/06/friday-ta-ginger-spice-edition.html#comment-6299">Johnny</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>Redheads tend to have unusually pale skin</p></blockquote>
<p>Ginger is something of an acquired taste, I admit. I&#8217;m quite partial to it in stir-fries and pork seasoning &#8211; women, not so much.</p>
<blockquote><p>Of course the West should stop importing all three. But that is not happening. The importation is increasing, if anything.</p></blockquote>
<p>Of course it is. To stop importing the entirety of the Dirt World would be RAAAAAAACISSSST!!!! And there is no faster way to get a Boomercuck to STFU than by threatening him with the dreaded R-word. That&#8217;s a big part of the reason why this keeps happening.</p>
<blockquote><p>So what happens? Will these three races EVER have human capital (per capita)? Or are they destined to be burdens to the more advanced races forever?</p></blockquote>
<p>Well, let&#8217;s look case by case.</p>
<p>Black Africa has had over 5,000 years to create functional high-quality civilisations, and that hasn&#8217;t happened.</p>
<p>The Mesoamericans DID have their own versions of civilisation, and quite powerful ones as well. They had their own understanding of mathematics, astronomy, and engineering. Of course, they also had a pervasive culture of warfare and ritual human sacrifice, and hadn&#8217;t gotten so far as inventing nails or cement, so the loss of that particular culture is <i>not exactly surprising</i>, and from a Christian perspective, it&#8217;s far from a bad thing to see idolatrous child-murderers and cannibals wiped out.</p>
<p>South Asians have developed advanced civilisations in the past. Much of what we consider &#8220;modern&#8221; mathematics and physics comes from that part of the world. But they&#8217;ve gone a long way downhill. And they spend far too much of their time blaming Westerners for their own failings, instead of getting on with rebuilding their own civilisations.</p>
<p>To my mind, the major factor that determines civilisational performance appears to be <i>trust</i>. I&#8217;ve written about this many times in the past. This is not my idea and it is not unique to me at all &#8211; I got it from John Ringo. But the correlation between high civilisational and cultural performance, and social trust, appears to be extremely strong &#8211; I estimate greater than 80%. All three of the low-integration groups you mention are extremely low-trust and have tribal mindsets, to greater or lesser extents.</p>
<blockquote><p>I wonder if the future of Indians in the West is the same as Gypsies in Europe (who also originated from India).</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s quite likely. The Romany are, again, a low-trust bunch. They don&#8217;t trust anyone who isn&#8217;t from their own tribe. And that is similar to the way that far too many Indians, and South Asians in general, behave in foreign countries.</p>
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		By: Johnny		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2021 16:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[And that psychopathic South Asian psychiatrist is doubling down on the &#039;all white people are psychopathic and need to be killed&#039; meme :

https://www.thecollegefix.com/video-psychiatrist-doubles-down-on-claim-that-white-people-are-psychopathic/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And that psychopathic South Asian psychiatrist is doubling down on the &#8216;all white people are psychopathic and need to be killed&#8217; meme :</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/video-psychiatrist-doubles-down-on-claim-that-white-people-are-psychopathic/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.thecollegefix.com/video-psychiatrist-doubles-down-on-claim-that-white-people-are-psychopathic/</a></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t like this one as much as the one last week.  Redheads tend to have unusually pale skin.

On the continuation of the topic of three major races of the world having virtually no human capital per capita :

Blacks.
Meso-Americans and other non-mixed indigenous peoples of the Americas.
South Asians.

Of course the West should stop importing all three.  But that is not happening.  The importation is increasing, if anything.

So what happens?  Will these three races EVER have human capital (per capita)?  Or are they destined to be burdens to the more advanced races forever?  I fear that they will, since human capital also factors in the looks of the women of these races, and all three of these races fail to produce many women much higher than a 6.5/10.

I must confess I am quite saddened and shocked to see the true colors of South Asians (rare exceptions aside).  Indians in the US seemed to be all set to be the ultimate model minority.  They are, after all, the highest-income ethnic group of all.  But they are also the most left-wing immigrant group of all.  The looks of Indian women should have been a clue about their incompatibility with advanced societies, but alas, we tend to assume the best of people when we should not.

I wonder if the future of Indians in the West is the same as Gypsies in Europe (who also originated from India).  Gypsies are notorious for petty thievery, and non-assimilation.  I am surprised that Gypsies could remain unassimilated for so many centuries, but here they are.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t like this one as much as the one last week.  Redheads tend to have unusually pale skin.</p>
<p>On the continuation of the topic of three major races of the world having virtually no human capital per capita :</p>
<p>Blacks.<br />
Meso-Americans and other non-mixed indigenous peoples of the Americas.<br />
South Asians.</p>
<p>Of course the West should stop importing all three.  But that is not happening.  The importation is increasing, if anything.</p>
<p>So what happens?  Will these three races EVER have human capital (per capita)?  Or are they destined to be burdens to the more advanced races forever?  I fear that they will, since human capital also factors in the looks of the women of these races, and all three of these races fail to produce many women much higher than a 6.5/10.</p>
<p>I must confess I am quite saddened and shocked to see the true colors of South Asians (rare exceptions aside).  Indians in the US seemed to be all set to be the ultimate model minority.  They are, after all, the highest-income ethnic group of all.  But they are also the most left-wing immigrant group of all.  The looks of Indian women should have been a clue about their incompatibility with advanced societies, but alas, we tend to assume the best of people when we should not.</p>
<p>I wonder if the future of Indians in the West is the same as Gypsies in Europe (who also originated from India).  Gypsies are notorious for petty thievery, and non-assimilation.  I am surprised that Gypsies could remain unassimilated for so many centuries, but here they are.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2021 12:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes sir you are kind.]]></description>
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		By: MrUNIVAC		</title>
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