tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post4837035508712490615..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Economist: Where to be born in 2013Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-72687185170522005942012-12-14T13:50:38.302-08:002012-12-14T13:50:38.302-08:00So, can someone explain to me how being born in a ...So, can someone explain to me how being born in a Communist country is better than being born in a free country?<br />Are these people stupid or just plain imbeciles?<br /><br />JAYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26364791008075426172012-12-05T20:06:16.609-08:002012-12-05T20:06:16.609-08:00"s Rawls put it, "...no one knows his pl..."s Rawls put it, "...no one knows his place in society, his class position or social status; nor does he know his fortune in the distribution of natural assets and abilities, his intelligence and strength, and the like".<br /><br />Sam Harris says the same thing.<br /><br />This is especially true for people who accept HBD.<br /><br />Harris says, "There is not a person on earth who chose his genome, or the country of his birth, or the political and economic conditions that prevailed at moments crucial to his progress."<br /><br />Does a person deserve credit for not being lazy? No. It is a neurological condition like diligence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-21759982085776328252012-12-05T10:02:22.009-08:002012-12-05T10:02:22.009-08:00You seemed to have left out what came before the G...You seemed to have left out what came before the Germans.<br /><br />Western Ukraine was part of Poland between WWI and WWII and was not affected by the Holodomor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-40797198058138634382012-12-04T21:13:01.488-08:002012-12-04T21:13:01.488-08:00I echo what the other commenters said; for having ...<i>I echo what the other commenters said; for having basically the most beautiful women in the world, Russia and Ukraine are mighty low on the list.</i><br /><br />I don't get this at all. In my experience, women from the US are far better looking than women from anywhere else, and I've never found any reason to think that Russian or Ukrainian women are better-looking than those from any other European country.ben tillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91883425506364938032012-12-04T18:38:47.900-08:002012-12-04T18:38:47.900-08:00"Warren Buffett, probably the world’s most su..."Warren Buffett, probably the world’s most successful investor, has said that anything good that happened to him could be traced back to the fact that he was born in the right country, the United States, at the right time (1930).<br /><br />So, Warren wants to destroy the very thing that made his great life possible."<br /><br /><br />Speaking of Warren, there was an interesting article on him at Forbes last week:<br /><br />http://www.forbes.com/sites/jerrybowyer/2012/11/29/when-warren-went-left-the-ideological-seduction-of-warren-buffett/<br /><br />The author suggests he supports the left not out of rational decision making, but because women screwed him up so badly, that he became enamored with the first one who gave him the time of day, who happened to be a 'hippie beatnick'. <br /><br />Thomas C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58990251661965153132012-12-04T17:40:42.895-08:002012-12-04T17:40:42.895-08:00dearieme:"It's absurd to have the US equa...dearieme:"It's absurd to have the US equal with Germany. The sausages and beer are far better in Germany."<br /><br />On the other hand, the USA has better surfing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-4368756364840704742012-12-04T17:28:48.308-08:002012-12-04T17:28:48.308-08:00If there is coal there is gas. So your answer is, ...If there is coal there is gas. So your answer is, there is an enormous amount of frackable gas. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-85667316688689859682012-12-04T16:21:55.214-08:002012-12-04T16:21:55.214-08:00The entire government of Ukraine just resigned aft...<i>The entire government of Ukraine just resigned after falling victim to a $1.1 billion fraud.</i><br /><br />Anything to do with Demonoid?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61118306338581610222012-12-04T15:45:18.577-08:002012-12-04T15:45:18.577-08:00The entire government of Ukraine just resigned aft...The entire government of Ukraine just resigned after falling victim to a $1.1 billion fraud:<br /><br />http://agonist.org/ukraine-entire-government-resigns-after-falling-victim-to-fraud/Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34276611978200680342012-12-04T15:09:22.132-08:002012-12-04T15:09:22.132-08:00Western Ukraine has a particularly unfortunate his...<i>Western Ukraine has a particularly unfortunate history as others have pointed out. First the Germans came and got rid of the Jewish business and Polish upper and administrative class. Then the Russians came and got rid of the Ukrainian leadership class who had collaborated with the Germans.</i><br /><br />You seemed to have left out<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor" rel="nofollow"> what came </a>before the Germans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69649650909276341352012-12-04T14:16:23.723-08:002012-12-04T14:16:23.723-08:00As someone who is part Ukrainian-American, I will ...As someone who is part Ukrainian-American, I will admit we aren't that smart. The best thing for Ukrainians to do is have children with more intelligent people. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-67399432935326433002012-12-04T12:17:32.225-08:002012-12-04T12:17:32.225-08:00Ukraine and Russia are probably ranked low because...Ukraine and Russia are probably ranked low because the system takes life expectancies, mortality rates and alcoholism/drug addiction rates into account. That is skewing the results. Male life expectancies in particular are really low in Russia. Eastern Europe probably isn't among the worst places when you control for those factors.Anonyianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-27726755224029849362012-12-04T11:17:24.105-08:002012-12-04T11:17:24.105-08:00Since they rank Australia only #13you should proba...Since they rank Australia only #13you should probably explain why you still call it a "whitopia." ehnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-32116500201757472852012-12-04T11:14:17.631-08:002012-12-04T11:14:17.631-08:00Re: ukraine
Sailer, you must have forgotten the f...Re: ukraine<br /><br />Sailer, you must have forgotten the flemish-walloon type antagonism between eastern and western ukrainians. actually, a better analogy is czech-sudeten german antagonism...the kind that brings in large outside powers to "protect" their brethren.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-71235572189094342112012-12-04T10:35:59.243-08:002012-12-04T10:35:59.243-08:00It's a fact:
Accident of birth is no acciden...It's a fact:<br /> Accident of birth is no accident.<br /><br />Souls waiting to be incarnated can choose the parents who will provide them with the kind of life they want to live.<br /><br />Some souls have 'prole' tastes and gravitate towards those kinds of parents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-1195683765340484882012-12-04T10:27:36.400-08:002012-12-04T10:27:36.400-08:00The survey is on "where to be born" - i....<i>The survey is on "where to be born" - i.e. what places will be better in 20, 30, 50 years, not today.</i><br /><br />Yes. This explains Russia's low rank. The Economist (and most other Western media) keeps pushing the line that Russia is about to collapse any day now. Galvani's Frog Dance Theatre's Orchestra Conductornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39264642982096026092012-12-04T09:59:06.345-08:002012-12-04T09:59:06.345-08:00RD writing in 1950:
I refuse to accept that Detro...RD writing in 1950:<br /><br />I refuse to accept that Detroit ranks lower than miserable Third World dumps like Tokyo and Seoul.<br /><br />The survey is on "where to be born" - i.e. what places will be better in 20, 30, 50 years, not today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-59650483993323163992012-12-04T09:17:07.944-08:002012-12-04T09:17:07.944-08:00I refuse to accept that Ukraine ranks lower than m...I refuse to accept that Ukraine ranks lower than miserable Third World dumps like Angola, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Egypt, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and South Africa.<br /><br />RDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-46054363836560313472012-12-04T08:38:37.301-08:002012-12-04T08:38:37.301-08:00"It looks like you've fallen into some la..."It looks like you've fallen into some lazy HBD cliches, abetted, perhaps, by Jewish chauvinism. This seems like one of those cases where cultural explanations work better."<br /><br />First of all you have to see the toothless peasants yourself to understand. I actually recommend a visit. Prices are low and it's reasonably safe. For those who like white people, well you'll see nothing but white people. Your ATM card will work. L'viv - the central city is a perfectly preserved pre-WWI Austro-Hungarian provincial city- not a building has been added or destroyed since 1914. I attended the opera for a tiny fraction of what it would cost to get tickets in Milan or Paris (not that the quality was quite the same). And the surrounding countryside is quite beautiful if poor. It hasn't been ruined that much by industry because they don't have much. <br /><br />You assume too much about my views. I would say that there is both a cultural and a genetic element to IQ which is self-reinforcing over time so "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer". And of course leadership and the political system make a big difference. Two cultures can start out with similar genetic stock and end up with very different results. Look at North and South Korea.<br /><br />Western Ukraine has a particularly unfortunate history as others have pointed out. First the Germans came and got rid of the Jewish business and Polish upper and administrative class. Then the Russians came and got rid of the Ukrainian leadership class who had collaborated with the Germans. Basically all that was left were the less promising segments of society. And Slavs, like American Indians, have a weakness for alcohol which is very damaging to society. Ukraine is first in the world in something. Unfortunately that thing is teenage alcohol consumption. They are clearly making some efforts to join the modern world but they are starting from way behind. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63936262815349996562012-12-04T07:32:14.598-08:002012-12-04T07:32:14.598-08:00Yes, these people are white but they ain't tha...<i>Yes, these people are white but they ain't that bright. They were always ruled by someone else and they stuck to the peasant subsistence farming, which was right about their level. There's a reason why their rulers invited the Jews in to form a merchant class - the locals were clearly not up to it. Not all white people are created equal.</i><br /><br /><i>By the way, Poland right next door was doing considerably better - crossing the border was like going from the US to Mexico.</i><br /><br />Yet how much genetic difference is there between the western Ukraine and Poland? Both countries, too, have lost their former dominant (German and Jewish) minorities. It looks like you've fallen into some lazy HBD cliches, abetted, perhaps, by Jewish chauvinism. This seems like one of those cases where cultural explanations work better.<br /><br />CennbeorcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-78694837158350251712012-12-04T05:31:02.409-08:002012-12-04T05:31:02.409-08:00Why only four sub-Saharan African countries when t...Why only four sub-Saharan African countries when there are 48? Too depressing to have them all piled at the bottom? Nigeria may be bad, but I'm sure it rates higher than Togo, Benin, Central African Republic and Sierra Leone. Haiti is <a href="http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-03/news/31279589_1_central-african-republic-exhaustive-report-countries#ixzz2E5cMNhHL" rel="nofollow">rated</a> the worst non-African country, but at least it's open to outside aid.Harry Baldwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17118880952851988242012-12-04T03:53:52.177-08:002012-12-04T03:53:52.177-08:00... there is difference if you choose the place wh...... there is difference if you choose the place where to be born expecting to be equipped with your present genes and talents etc or do you choose from behind the "veil of ignorance"<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_of_ignorance<br /><br />As Rawls put it, "...no one knows his place in society, his class position or social status; nor does he know his fortune in the distribution of natural assets and abilities, his intelligence and strength, and the like".<br /><br /><br />so are you a risk taker or do you think "if I born as a bloody ¤%&%¤ I'll deserve all the crap i'll get - or do you play it safe and choose a wealthy Scandinavian Social Democracy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44893693633469263182012-12-04T03:52:17.262-08:002012-12-04T03:52:17.262-08:00It's absurd to have the US equal with Germany....It's absurd to have the US equal with Germany. The sausages and beer are far better in Germany.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-48649948072575528662012-12-04T03:41:48.166-08:002012-12-04T03:41:48.166-08:00this is a list of boredome.
the best places to li...this is a list of boredome.<br /><br />the best places to live are paris, tokyo, london, nyc, amsterdam, berlin, dubai, etc. if you have a lot of money and the right age.<br /><br />also, i like to mix my jetset up with some slavic goddesses and visits to gstaad, ibiza, hongkong, kaapstad and nepal for some fun and healing.<br /><br />this list is seriously lacking in some kind of excitement factor. what makes living fun, excitable, cool? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91571884126404883802012-12-04T03:03:48.767-08:002012-12-04T03:03:48.767-08:00Portugal - Angola
The Guardian has this article.
...Portugal - Angola<br /><br />The Guardian has <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/16/portuguese-exodus-angola-el-dorado" rel="nofollow">this article</a>.<br /><br />It has the same breathless tone of wide eyed wonderment such articles always adopt. Rich Africans lording it over poor whites - whats not to like?<br /><br />I presume whats actually going on is the Angolan Big Men have a monopoly on the resources and the Portuguese are the people who make it all work.<br /><br />Angolans are buying property etc in Portugal but Im guessing there are restrictions in the other direction - or else the Angolans would soon be out of the picture entirely.<br /><br />Final quote gives the game away, in typical Guardian fashion while implying the the Portuguese are the problem rather than the Angolan elite:<br /><br /><i>"When Portuguese people come here, they improve their own situation but not that of the Angolan people. Because of the kind of regime we have, it won't help the situation of young Angolans. We are living under dictatorship. Maybe people outside can't see it very well."</i><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com