But, on this forum, it’s mostly comparatively rich people going on about the hell of living in a wealthy liberal democracy. (View Post)

It’s David Hume’s point about how his toothache troubles him more than the Lisbon earthquake. (View Post)

Back in the days when women had 6 children each, on average, rulers could squander huge numbers of young men in wars, sure that in peacetime, the population would bounce back. It's why the carna… (View Post)

A truly depressing statistic. (View Post)

I would have thought those notes were very admissible. (View Post)