I don't think that birthrates have more than a marginal impact on the prevalance of religious belief. Lots of people born into Muslim or Haredic families fall away. Secularism tends to be a prod… (View Post)

Importing adults causes other, and bigger, problems. (View Post)

I remember discussing this with a military historian, about how was it so many fools ended up commanding the armies of Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Russia, during WWI. He replied that they had two vit… (View Post)

It must have felt a bit like this, being a politically-aware person in 5th century Rome, wondering how on earth you ended up being led by people who were wilfully incompetent. (View Post)

That's just you being endlessly bitter about an outcome that you dislike. Get over it. I've had to get over being on the losing end of political campaigns. (View Post)