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| − | == Are some cultures better than others? ==
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9vBJCMD69w Are Some Cultures Better than Others?]
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| − | == Cultural characteristics of the most productive countries per capita ==
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| − | ''See also:'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita]
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| − | '''Liechtenstein:'''
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| − | Austrian/French/German influences, business-oriented, Roman Catholic, low debt as a nation, into the arts/music, low television watching
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| − | Austrian culture: [https://archive.ph/AjOBE#selection-2871.0-2871.45 The Untold Story of Vienna’s Global Influence]. The values of cooperation (See: [[Agreeableness]]/[[harmony]]), formality, gemütlichkeit (warmth or happiness), neutrality/peacefulness, artistry ([[Openness]]/[[creativity]]), formality, privacy, and practicality (See: [https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/austrian-culture/austrian-culture-core-concepts Austrian core concepts]).
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| − | French culture: Liberty, equality (All citizens have the same rights and obligations), fraternity, intellectualism, formality, courtesy, artistry, individualism, and artistry ([[openness]]/[[creativity]]). See: [https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/french-culture/french-culture-core-concepts#french-culture-core-concepts French core values].
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| − | German culture: [[Efficiency]], punctuality (See: [[Time management]]), order and organization, family, community, strive for perfection/excellence/precision, [[critical thinking]] and practicality (See: [https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/german-culture/german-culture-core-concepts German core values]).
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| − | '''Singapore:'''
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| − | *[https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/singaporean-culture/singaporean-culture-core-concepts Singaporean cultural core concepts]: [[Efficiency]], cultural concept of "face", [[harmony]]/[[agreeableness]], [[Confucianism]], [[Self-control|Discipline]], [[Motivation]], [[Humility|Modesty]] and Cleanliness. Former British colony.
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| − | Core British values: Democracy, rule of law, stoicism, diligence, class, respect, tolerance, individual liberty, politeness, reserved, fairness, regional diversity (tolerance) and humor (See: [https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/british-culture/british-culture-core-concepts#british-culture-core-concepts British core values]).
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| − | '''Switzerland:'''
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| − | Punctuatual ([[Time management]] and reliability), [[openness]], commitment to quality and excellence, sense of community and civic responsibility and balanced view of life (See: [https://fantasticswitzerland.org/blog/f/the-swiss-character-how-are-swiss-people#:~:text=The%20Swiss%20character%20is%20a,or%20do%20business%20in%20Switzerland. The Swiss Character: How Are Swiss People?]. German, French and Italian influences.
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| − | Italian core values: [https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/italian-culture/italian-culture-core-concepts#reputation-and-fare-la-bella-figura Italian core values]
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| − | '''USA:'''
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| − | [[Openness]]/[[creativity]]/[[innovation]], business orientation and freedom. British influence.
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| − | '''Ireland:'''
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| − | Strong family values, Christian influence, sense of community, wit, love of storytelling and an appreciation for tradition (See: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Ireland Cultural of Ireland)
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| − | '''Norway:'''
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| − | Highly developed mixed economy. Openness. Strong sense of community. Freedom. Humility. Love of nature.
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| − | '''Bermuda:'''
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| − | British/Caribbean/Portuguese/African/Native American/American cultural influences. Protestant/Christian influence.
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| − | '''Luxemburg:'''
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| − | Roman Catholic, Openness (multilingual and multicultural country), pro-European, cautious, and rich cultural history in music/painting/photography
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| − | '''Cayman Islands:'''
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| − | British Influence, tourism and financial services.
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| − | '''Isle of Man:'''
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| − | Irish influence. Low-tax economy with insurance, information and communications technology (ICT), and offshore banking forming key sectors of the island's economy (See: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Isle_of_Man Economy of the Isle of Man].
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| − | == Small town USA: Nice places ==
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| − | *[https://www.city-journal.org/article/carmeltopia Carmeltopia]
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| − | == Why study history? ==
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| − | *[https://history.wisc.edu/undergraduate-program/history-careers/why-history/ Why study history?], University of Wisconsin - History department
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| − | *[https://www.mooc.org/blog/why-is-it-important-to-study-history Why Is It Important to Study History]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdo5VRuZd5k Stephen Kotkin on the importance of studying history, various cultural perspectives, geopolitics and the economy]
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| − | Historical perspective and preventing being caught up in a current age's pathology: Christopher Lasch, an American historian and social critic, in his 1979 book ''The Culture of [[Narcissism]]'' contends that “every age has its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its underlying character structure.”<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110102133213/http://wfnetwork.bc.edu/berkeley/papers/39.pdf From “Compensation” to “Childhood Wonder”: Why Parents Buy, Allison J. Pugh, Working Paper No. 39, May 2002]</ref>
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| − | == Culture war ==
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| − | See: [[Culture war]]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p364UrvGgg The Culture War is No Sideshow; it's a Fight for Western Civilisation - Prof. Eric Kaufmann] (About his online course on [[Wokeness]])
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| − | === Humanities ===
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sxttk5REkM Who Killed the Liberal Arts?]
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| − | == Various trends around the world ==
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| − | === 2024 ===
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| − | *[https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarwantsingh/2023/12/11/15-global-trends-for-2024/?sh=366f9bc863f0 15 Global Trends For 2024], Forbes
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| − | *[https://www.ipsos.com/en/global-trends Global trends - 2023, Ipsos data]
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| − | == Western culture ==
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| − | === Western culture and Christianity ===
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zz6dqYzAic Christianity Declared NECESSARY in Politics!!!] by Steve Turley and Pastor [https://dougwils.com/ Doug Wilson]. Video about Wilson's book [https://www.amazon.com/Mere-Christendom-Bringing-Christianity-Secularism/dp/1957905573/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2AZB3T8G8XIOK&keywords=doug+wilson&qid=1700868904&s=books&sprefix=doug+wilson%2Cstripbooks%2C125&sr=1-2 Mere Christendom: The Case for Bringing Christianity Back into Modern Culture - Leading by Faith to Convert Secularism]. See bio at Wikipedia at: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Wilson_(theologian) Douglas Wilson]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0cKuFfYnVw Why Western Civilization Needs Christianity]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHLioeL9dYk What if Jesus had never been born?]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0lTDWMA6Tg What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?] - short version
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| − | *[https://www.abc.net.au/religion/an-eccentric-tradition-the-paradox-of-western-values/10095044 An Eccentric Tradition: The Paradox of "Western Values"]
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| − | [[File:Why the West is powerful.png|500px|thumbnail|right|In the above map, the [[Western World]] regions of the world are colored light blue.
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| − | There are countries in Asia that have adopted much of Western values such as [[Japan]], [[South Korea]] and the [[Philippines]].
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| − | The above graphic comes from the video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qovJZwIVr0 Why the West Won’t Collapse with Stephen Kotkin] (Stephen Kotkin is an American historian, academic, and author.)]]
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| − | '''The West:'''
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qovJZwIVr0 Why the West Won’t Collapse with Stephen Kotkin]
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| − | '''Western values:'''
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkTgBz9RYls Why the West Won]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVD0xik-_FM Why Has the West Been So Successful?]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWz2deJZppE Why the West is Worth Saving - Konstantin Kisin]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEszGtr8C896sZi2J3zfRw7YGfm8WCZgt The West: The Genius of Western Civilisation. A 6-part series]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0cKuFfYnVw Why Western Civilization Needs Christianity]
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| − | *[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/white-supremacy-is-bad-western-culture-isnt/2018/06/06/e4569e8c-683d-11e8-a335-c4503d041eaf_story.html White supremacy is bad. Western culture isn’t.]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOxODW9vlVLQBM79-V5i4t3Lfi2DbYdHn The Foundations of Western Civilization]
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| − | ==== Christianity and science ====
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| − | *[[Christianity and science]]
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| − | *[http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2012/05/08/3498202.htm Christianity and the rise of western science] by Peter Harrison
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| − | === The sexual chaos and idolatry conquered by the early church has come roaring back ===
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| − | *[https://www.theamericanconservative.com/sex-the-final-christian-generation/ The sexual chaos and idolatry conquered by the early church has come roaring back]
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| − | === Is This The Most Absurd Time In History? - Rudyard Lynch ===
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXr8FFm6TDA Is This The Most Absurd Time In History? - Rudyard Lynch]
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| − | === USA: GSS belief in God/irreligion ===
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| − | *[https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org/trends/Religion%20&%20Spirituality?measure=god GSS belief in God/irreligion]
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| − | === Vienna ===
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| − | *[https://archive.ph/AjOBE#selection-2871.0-2871.45 The Untold Story of Vienna’s Global Influence]
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| − | === Evangelical Protestant Christianity and economic dynamism ===
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| − | *[[Protestant cultural legacies]]
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| − | *[[Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism]]
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| − | ==== China ====
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| − | *[http://blog.tifwe.org/the-protestant-work-ethic-alive-well-in-china/ The Protestant Work Ethic: Alive & Well…In China] By Hugh Whelchel on September 24, 2012
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| − | ==== Brazil ====
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipWIyujpgKM Explaining American Civilization]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNJKuV53sU0 Life's Greatest Mystery: Understanding Americans - Zeihan]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=korJRqnWhnI American Character vs. Authoritarian Nature], Stephen Kotkin
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkrGQT05HjU Albion's Seed and An Ethnic History of America]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4sThPDeW7I Plot summary, “Albion's Seed” by David Hackett Fischer in 6 Minutes - Book Review]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz0Cqgz2An4 Albion's Seed Book Summary By David Hackett Fischer]
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| − | Freedom and liberty:
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| − | == Which is more self-correcting: The US/West or China/Russia and other autocracies? ==
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| − | Response to: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Odt-z_-1cA STEPHEN KOTKIN - THE WORLD IN PIECES], September 2024
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB64B50E837C61B51 Weber's Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbjmSS6LZDGpBYje_0Kk4zz2bhFpXY_h_ Max Weber's "Protestant Ethic & the Spirit of Capitalism]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFmfDSO_w1o FEMINIST GOING INSANE on Social Media OVER RISE of the TRADWIFE: Gen Z is BRINGING BACK Gender Roles]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uIgRxG-yjM 25-year-old Self-confessed Tradwife Spends Five Hours A Day In The Kitchen]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzKGwaUdC8w Trad Wife Answers TOUGH Questions | Estee Williams]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4szOhO8P4I ‘Selfish society’: Tradwife says marriage must be protected ‘at all costs’]
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| − | [[Image:Calvin Coolidge cph.3g10777.jpg|thumb|250px|right|"The [[business]] of America is business." - [[Calvin Coolidge]] ]]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbjmSS6LZDGounra1oTDTIHXlodKALZCb Capitalism works and is the best system]
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| − | *[https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/ease-of-doing-business-index-by-country Ease of doing business index by country (2020)]
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| − | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GNI_(nominal)_per_capita List of countries by GNI (nominal) per capita List of countries by GNI (nominal) per capita]
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| − | *[https://www.investopedia.com/insights/worlds-top-economies/ World's Top Economies], Investopedia
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| − | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank_high-income_economy High income economies - World Bank measurement]
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| − | *[https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-105-trillion-world-economy-in-one-chart/ Visualizing the $105 Trillion World Economy in One Chart], August 2023
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| − | *[https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds-richest-countries-2023-gdp-per-capita/ Ranked: The World’s 25 Richest Countries by GDP per Capita], 2023
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| − | [[File:Latin America (orthographic projection).svg|thumbnail|200px|right|Many [[Latin America]]n middle-income countries haven't become high-income countries and have half the [[labor productivity]] of countries that are technological leaders.<ref>[https://www.brookings.edu/articles/is-economic-growth-in-middle-income-countries-different-from-low-income-countries/ Is economic growth in middle-income countries different from low-income countries?] by Barry Eichengreen, Donghyun Park, and Kwanho Shin, [[Brookings Institute]], September 25, 2017</ref><ref>[https://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/research-files/repec/cam/pdf/cwpe2267.pdf Is Southeast Asia falling into a Latin American style “middle-income trap”?], Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, CWPE 2267. Published 9 November 2022. Website www.econ.cam.ac.uk/cwpe</ref>
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| − | *[[Middle-income trap]], Conservapedia
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| − | *[https://www.ft.com/content/bc830276-c8d0-465a-88fc-e06eb83be90b Is the rich world stuck in an ‘upper-income trap’?], Financial Times, April 2024
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| − | *[https://www.newsweek.com/map-countries-shrinking-population-russia-1940341 Map Reveals Countries With Disappearing Populations], 2024
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| − | *[https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/birth-rate-by-country Fertility rate by country] - <big>'''World map'''</big>
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6wtj04dJ_g In Living Color : Hey Mon #1]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUJ46Rnh2K8 In Living Color : Hey Mon #2]
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| − | === Baby boomers and retirement ===
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHgs-1bGhNk Something Terrible Is Happening To Boomers: Homelessness]
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| − | *[https://archive.ph/R71JG#selection-511.0-511.62 Trump’s Backers Are Determined Not to Blow It This Time Around], 2024
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| − | *[https://www.deseret.com/1992/2/16/18968281/soft-authoritarianism-challenges-world-democracy-br/ `SOFT' AUTHORITARIANISM CHALLENGES WORLD DEMOCRACY] by Francis Fukuyama
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| − | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20230416192626/https://issuu.com/peokeefe/docs/dismalscientist2020ii/s/10781516 Is an authoritarian government better for economic development than a democracy? by Xinyi Qu]
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| − | *[https://gaeeuk.org/blog/54wzewss86d8rb82f5b6l36sjbz4xs Is an Authoritarian Government Better for Economic Development Than a Democracy?]
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| − | *[https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1010748 Time Under Authoritarian Rule and Economic Growth], 2007
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| − | [[File:Flag of Japan.png|thumb|right|250px|The flag of [[Japan]] ]]
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| − | Japan: Hardworking, studious, disciplined, harmonious and collectivist (Government invest in key industries. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_model East Asian model] )
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| − | *[https://www.britannica.com/money/economy-of-Japan Economy of Japan], Britannica. Japan has developed a highly diversified manufacturing and service economy and is one of the world's largest producers of motor vehicles, steel, and high-technology manufactured goods (notably consumer electronics).
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| − | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Japan Economy of Japan]
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| − | == Racial demographic shifts ==
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdQaD_RaZ4I Eric Kaufmann on Nationalism, White Identity & Immigration]
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| − | === Racial demographic shifts - Eric Kaufmann, Book: White Shift ===
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| − | [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=eric+kaufmann+white+shift Eric Kaufmann, Book: White Shift]
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| − | === Multiculturism, Western culture and anti-white bashing ===
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| − | *[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/white-supremacy-is-bad-western-culture-isnt/2018/06/06/e4569e8c-683d-11e8-a335-c4503d041eaf_story.html?utm_term=.a0bd61ad5c73 White supremacy is bad. Western culture isn’t.]
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| − | == Fertility rates: Conservative age or liberal age for the future? ==
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| − | *[[Essay: A new conservative age is rising]]
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| − | *[https://unherd.com/2023/11/can-liberals-save-themselves-from-extinction/ Can liberals save themselves from extinction?], UnHerd, 2023
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| − | *[https://www.newsweek.com/plummeting-birth-rates-lead-hyper-liberal-future-1740056 Plummeting Birth Rates Could Lead to a Hyper Liberal Future], Newsweek 2022
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| − | == Theory about cultures which some find interesting: Strauss–Howe generational theory ==
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| − | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory Strauss–Howe generational theory]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REId8lfmmhI Does Anyone Else Feel Like Everything Has Changed?]
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| − | == Baby boomers ==
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| − | [[File:Donald Trump official presidential photo.jpg|200px|right|thumb|President [[Donald Trump]] is a [[baby boom]]er. ]]
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| − | === Boomers: General ===
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bj_QOX8_8c&list=PLAiI5VXp1G3M1r7huOYMfblIztYER993b Baby boomers documentary - Tom Brokaw]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lTrq6iTPjE Baby boomers - John Stossel]
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| − | === Criticisms ===
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRvoIZUmcE0 Why Everyone Hates Baby Boomers]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh6hesHk6yE A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America by author Bruce Cannon Gibney]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATTMB4gH3sU Millenial millions] - SNL sketch
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| − | *[https://www.vox.com/22321848/millennials-baby-boomers-helen-andrews Millennials are stuck in the world boomers built: The conservative case against the baby boomers.]
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| − | *[https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/617494/boomers-by-helen-andrews/ Boomers: THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROMISED FREEDOM AND DELIVERED DISASTER] By HELEN ANDREWS
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| − | *[https://thelampmagazine.com/2021/06/03/partially-reformed/ PARTIALLY REFORMED BY PETER HITCHENS: Review: Helen Andrews Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster]
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| − | *[https://voxday.net/?s=boomer Theodore Beale on baby boomers]
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| − | *[https://www.chron.com/life/books/article/The-Greater-Generation-by-Leonard-Steinhorn-1671700.php The Greater Generation by Leonard Steinhorn]
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| − | *[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/he-wrote-the-book-on-boomers-and-he-thinks-the-gen-z-rap-against-them-isnt-quite-ok/2020/01/24/eed7fca0-20e9-11ea-a153-dce4b94e4249_story.html He wrote the book on boomers, and he thinks the Gen Z rap against them isn’t quite OK]
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| − | *[https://qctimes.com/opinion/columnists/in-defense-of-baby-boomers/article_cee7a387-e29b-5a12-a915-61fe4c4e5d33.html In defense of Baby Boomers]
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| − | *[https://medium.com/swlh/a-millennials-defense-of-boomers-f238729a70ca A Millennial’s Defense of Boomers]
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| − | *[https://www.city-journal.org/review-of-boomers-by-helen-andrews We Didn’t Start the Fire: How much blame do the baby boomers deserve?]
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| − | === Baby boomers and retirement ===
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHgs-1bGhNk Something Terrible Is Happening To Boomers: Homelessness]
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| − | == How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future ==
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEJ4hkpQW8E How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future | Scott Galloway | TED] - video
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| − | Quantum computers:
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4ssT6Dzmnw Companies, countries battle to develop quantum computers | 60 Minutes]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVME_l4IwII The TRUTH Why Modern Music Is Awful]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP0wuwJBdMI The Truth About Popular Music]
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| − | == Modern art ==
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNI07egoefc Why is modern art bad]
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| − | *[http://www.everyjoe.com/2014/07/03/politics/robbed-of-beauty-by-the-left/ How We’ve Been Robbed of Beauty by the Left]
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| − | == Authoritarianism and international relations ==
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ZtsajvV98 Modern Authoritarianism and Geopolitics: Thoughts on a Policy Framework] - Stephen Kotkin: Once upon a time, there was a seductive story about twin revolutions, a political one in France and an industrial one in Britain, that supposedly ushered in our modern world. This narrative never sat well with empirical realities, yet it lives on in textbooks. What might be a more persuasive framework for a global history of the modern era? What are the implications for research and the teaching of history? Also, fascism/Nazism, Stalinism and Francisco Franco
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| − | == Urban planning and related matters ==
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| − | *[https://www.strongtowns.org/ Strong Towns] - Possibly left leaning
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| − | *[https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2021/10/5/multigenerational-living-isnt-immigrant-culture-its-human-culture Multigenerational Living Isn't Immigrant Culture, It's Human Culture]
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| − | == Healthy news diet ==
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| − | *[https://www.gwern.net/docs/culture/2010-dobelli.pdf Avoid News Towards a Healthy News Diet] By Rolf Dobelli
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| − | *[https://www.axios.com/2022/06/28/news-avoidance-burnout-balancing-news-diet Balancing your news diet], Axios
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| − | *[https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/10/reading-too-much-political-news-bad-happiness/616651/ Reading Too Much Political News Is Bad for Your Well-Being] by ARTHUR C. BROOKS
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUvJPdHqYYiEzdFfyTEfudM36KhGLvjUK Benefits of being more apolitical - playlist]
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| − | == How the news affects people. The case for being less partisan/political and being more objective ==
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| − | [[File:WalterCronkite.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Walter Cronkite]] existed at a time when there were fewer news outlets. ]]
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| − | The abstract for the journal article [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1745691617746796 At Least Bias Is Bipartisan: A Meta-Analytic Comparison of Partisan Bias in Liberals and Conservatives] which was published in the journal ''Perspectives on Psychological Science'' states:
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| − | :"Both [[liberal]]s and [[conservative]]s accuse their political opponents of partisan bias, but is there empirical evidence that one side of the political aisle is indeed more biased than the other? To address this question, we meta-analyzed the results of 51 experimental studies, involving over 18,000 participants, that examined one form of partisan bias—the tendency to evaluate otherwise identical information more favorably when it supports one’s political beliefs or allegiances than when it challenges those beliefs or allegiances. Two hypotheses based on previous literature were tested: an asymmetry hypothesis (predicting greater partisan bias in conservatives than in liberals) and a symmetry hypothesis (predicting equal levels of partisan bias in liberals and conservatives). Mean overall partisan bias was robust (r = .245), and there was strong support for the symmetry hypothesis: Liberals (r = .235) and conservatives (r = .255) showed no difference in mean levels of bias across studies. Moderator analyses reveal this pattern to be consistent across a number of different methodological variations and political topics. Implications of the current findings for the ongoing ideological symmetry debate and the role of partisan bias in scientific discourse and political conflict are discussed."<ref>[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1745691617746796 Comparison of Partisan Bias in Liberals and Conservatives] by Peter H. Ditto, Brittany S. Liu, Cory J. Clark, Sean P. Wojcik, Eric E. Chen, Rebecca H. Grady, Jared B. Celniker, and Joanne F. Zinger, ''Perspectives on Psychological Science'', May 31, 2018</ref>
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| − | Arthur C. Brooks wrote in his article ''Reading Too Much Political News Is Bad for Your Well-Being'': "A 2012 survey conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University asked a sample of Americans about their news-consumption habits, and quizzed them about U.S. and international political and economic events. They found that those watching the most partisan television news sources—on both the [[leftism|left]] and the [[right-wing|right]]—were often less knowledgeable about world events than those who consumed no news at all."<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/10/reading-too-much-political-news-bad-happiness/616651/ Reading Too Much Political News Is Bad for Your Well-Being] by Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 2020</ref>
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| − | *[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0963721418817755 Psychological Features of Extreme Political Ideologies]
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| − | "In this article, we examine psychological features of extreme political ideologies. In what ways are political left- and right-wing extremists similar to one another and different from moderates? We propose and review four interrelated propositions that explain adherence to extreme political ideologies from a psychological perspective. We argue that (a) psychological distress stimulates adopting an extreme ideological outlook; (b) extreme ideologies are characterized by a relatively simplistic, black-and-white perception of the social world; (c) because of such mental simplicity, political extremists are overconfident in their judgments; and (d) political extremists are less tolerant of different groups and opinions than political moderates. In closing, we discuss how these psychological features of political extremists increase the likelihood of conflict among groups in society."
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBdI0R8S0FE Tali Sharot: "Cognitive Obstacles to Truth"] - Related to politics
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYrXUzfr7iU How People Form Beliefs] by Tali Sharot
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| − | === The Turn by Liel Leibovitz ===
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| − | *[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-turn-liel-leibovitz The Turn] by Liel Leibovitz, ''Tablet Magazine'', DECEMBER 08, 2021
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| − | === Benefits of being more apolitical ===
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUvJPdHqYYiEzdFfyTEfudM36KhGLvjUK Benefits of being more apolitical - playlist]
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| − | *[https://www.gwern.net/docs/culture/2010-dobelli.pdf Avoid News Towards a Healthy News Diet] By Rolf Dobelli
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| − | === Polarized thinking and depression/anxiety ===
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| − | *[https://thefulcrum.us/big-picture/Leveraging-big-ideas/polarized-thinking The connection between polarized thinking, anxiety and depression]
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| − | === Brain scans and political ideology ===
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| − | *[https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-biological-differences-between-liberals-and-conservatives/ Scientists Discover Biological Differences Between Liberals and Conservatives]
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| − | *[https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/1/3/pgac066/6590843 Functional connectivity signatures of political ideology]
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| − | *"And only the empathy (emotional faces) task was significantly associated with moderate ideology."[https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-biological-differences-between-liberals-and-conservatives/]
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| − | *"conservatives tend to be more resilient and have better self-control"[https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/1/3/pgac066/6590843] (Science proves that conservatives have more machismo!)
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| − | === Liberals vs. conservatives ===
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| − | *[[Liberals and uncharitableness]]
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| − | Sexual mores and behavior:
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| − | *[https://www.vice.com/en/article/paeekv/why-conservatives-have-better-sex-lives-than-liberals Why Conservatives Have Better Sex Lives Than Liberals]
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| − | *[https://watson.brown.edu/news/explore/2016/McDermottPoliticalValues New study finds that sexual behaviors align with political values]
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| − | ==== Political ideology, media consumption, websites and effects ====
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| − | Media consumption: Conservatives vs. liberals:
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| − | *[https://richardhanania.substack.com/p/liberals-read-conservatives-watch Conservatives, liberals and media consumption]
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| − | Right-wing media online ecosystem:
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| − | *[https://billmuehlenberg.com/2021/02/23/50-top-conservative-and-christian-websites/ 50 TOP CONSERVATIVE AND CHRISTIAN WEBSITES], 2021
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| − | *[https://www.cjr.org/analysis/breitbart-media-trump-harvard-study.php Study: Breitbart-led right-wing media ecosystem altered broader media agenda]
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| − | *[https://en.ejo.ch/research/network-propaganda-how-a-right-wing-media-ecosystem-helped-to-radicalise-america ‘Network Propaganda’ explored]
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| − | *[https://cyber.harvard.edu/node/99982 Partisan Right-Wing Websites Shaped Mainstream Press Coverage Before 2016 Election, Berkman Klein Study]
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| − | *[https://en.ejo.ch/research/network-propaganda-how-a-right-wing-media-ecosystem-helped-to-radicalise-america Network Propaganda: How A Right-Wing Media Ecosystem Helped To Radicalise America]
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| − | *[https://www.wgbh.org/news/2017/03/15/politics-government/major-new-study-shows-political-polarization-mainly-right-wing A Major New Study Shows That Political Polarization Is Mainly A Right-Wing Phenomenon]
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| − | == US societal decline until desecularization kicks in around 2050 or sooner ==
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| − | *[https://archive.is/4MqIr#selection-557.0-563.34 America Is Headed Toward Collapse: History shows how to stave it off.]
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| − | == Manufacturing consent: The influence of wealthy class, media and the military-industrial complex on American politics ==
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx2gycZSdB8 WHO RULES AMERICA - FULL DOCUMENTARY] - Based on a book by the psychology/sociology professor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._William_Domhoff G. William Domhoff] (Midwesterner who studied psychology at liberal colleges)
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| − | === Manufacturing consent ===
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| − | [[Image:Chomsky3.gif|right|thumbnail|170px|[[Noam Chomsky]] ]]
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| − | See: [[Noam Chomsky]]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2OhID5pFfg Noam Chomsky Explains The Propaganda Model in 5 Minutes | Manufacturing Consent (Part 1)]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbdmEf05EFk ‘There Is Always a Fringe of Dissidents’ — Noam Chomsky On The Propaganda Model (Part 2)]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf-tQYcZGM4 Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent revisited | The Listening ]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_4HdnUdHA Does "Manufacturing Consent" Still Hold Up? — Matt Christman]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuwmWnphqII Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media | Feature Film]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LGPIXvU5M Noam Chomsky - The 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txBRml8k86M Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (Audiobook) [1/2]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQXginhTsHE Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (Audiobook) [2/2]
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| − | === USA, power and politics ===
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| − | *[https://www.vox.com/2016/5/9/11502464/gilens-page-oligarchy-study Remember that study saying America is an oligarchy? 3 rebuttals say it's wrong.] - Ordinary citizens get what they want about half the time.
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| − | *[https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746 Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy] - Appears to be incorrect and/or misleading
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| − | ==== Related resources ====
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhOOziH7QAo The Illusion of Democracy | Who Really Controls our Lives]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CigJwSaRxGQ Guided democracy: The Illusion of Choice. ( Walter Lipmann, Chomsky and Edward Bernays )]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDsp2apG5zQ Corporations Control Our Governments: Here’s How | Aaron Bastani meets Matt Kennard | Downstream]
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| − | ==== Neoliberalism critique ====
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl2fnWIlDZg You're Not Immune To Propaganda]
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| − | == Corruption in a society ==
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| − | === Causes of corruption in a country ===
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| − | *[https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/157204 Causes and consequences of corruption: An overview of empirical results], 2017 (summary)
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| − | *[https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/58969 Corruption, Causes and Consequences], 2017
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| − | *[https://www.amherst.edu/media/view/131389/original/Treisman2000.pdf The causes of corruption: a cross-national study], 2000
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| − | *[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/lsi.12076 Does Authoritarianism Breed Corruption? Reconsidering the Relationship Between Authoritarian Governance and Corrupt Exchanges in Bureaucracies], 2014
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| − | === Effects of corruption on a country ===
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| − | *[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/coep.12601 The nexus between corruption and academic freedom: An international investigation of the underlying linkages], 2023
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| − | == Decline of nations/civilizations ==
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| − | [[File:Roman-soldier.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Statue of a Roman soldier]]
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| − | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_collapse Societal collapse] - Wikipedia
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| − | *[https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/ancient-medieval/classical-states-and-empires/a/rise-and-fall-of-empires#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20broad%20factors,Environmental%20issues Comparing how empires fall], Khan Academy
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| − | *[https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/whp-origins/era-4-regional/41-systems-collapse-betaa/a/read-empires-fall-beta Empires Fall], Khan Academy
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6RR-09b1s4 Rise and Fall of Global Empires 1400 to 2000], Burning Archive
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwM6oNwn3c8 Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400 to 1600: Eurasia and the Age of Discovery], Burning Archive
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOd-qvu2gj0 Globalization and the rise and fall of empires]
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| − | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Study_of_History A Study of History] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_J._Toynbee Arnold J. Toynbee] (Discusses birth to death of societies)
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| − | *[https://erikhare.com/2018/09/21/war-debt-collapse-of-the-empire/ War Debt & Collapse of the Empire], 2018
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY3sQwiqniI Every Society Collapses, Here’s How to Survive] - Seems anti-alarmism, Did not watch
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CmOn3AuVVE The 7 Signs Of An Empire In Decline]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_6shO5h1WM The 8 Stages of Societal Collapse]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQCRG4DU_P8 5 Signs a Civilization is about to Fail]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVOTPAxrrP4 MIT Has Predicted that Society Will Collapse in 2040 | Economics Explained] - Only 17 years left! Oh, no!
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMr0ew4cZd4 20 Signs That The Collapse Of Society Is Accelerating] (Did not watch. Appears to be alarmism)
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nS9g-5EtkU The Decline of Western Civilization - Goodbye Old World!] (Might be worth watching)
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| − | === Roman Empire ===
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| − | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire Fall of the Western Roman Empire]
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| − | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiography_of_the_fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire Historiography of the fall of the Western Roman Empire]
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| − | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] by Edward Gibbon
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| − | === Decline of Europe and criticisms of the West ===
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| − | *[[Decline of Europe]]
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| − | *[https://sites.google.com/view/the-west-resources/home Criticisms of the West]
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| − | == Eastern Orthodox countries, and their history (Under the Mongols, etc.), statism, capitalism and the West ==
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| − | *[https://www.acton.org/publications/transatlantic/2018/06/01/are-orthodox-christians-naturally-statists Are Orthodox Christians naturally statists?]
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| − | *[https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-matter-with-orthodox-countries-capitalism/ ‘What’s The Matter With Orthodox Countries?’]
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| − | *[https://publicorthodoxy.org/2018/04/30/orthodoxy-capitalism-and-the-west/ ORTHODOXY, CAPITALISM, AND “THE WEST”]
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| − | *[https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/illuminedheart/orthodox_christianity_and_capitalism_are_they_compatible Orthodox Christianity and Capitalism: Are They Compatible?]
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| − | *[https://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2009/04/orthodox-christianity-and-capitalism-are-they-compatible/ Orthodox Christianity And Capitalism: Are They Compatible?]
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| − | *[https://muse.jhu.edu/article/257658/pdf “The Orthodox Spirit and the Ethic of Capitalism”: A Case Study on Serbia and Montenegro and the Serbian Orthodox Church]
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| − | *[https://www.eurasiareview.com/09082018-explosive-growth-of-russian-orthodox-church-has-left-it-corrupt-and-backward-oped/ Explosive Growth Of Russian Orthodox Church Has Left It Corrupt And Backward – OpEd]
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| − | [[File:Russian Orthodox Church - Moscow July 2011-7a.jpg|thumbnail|center|350px|Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] ]]
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| − | {{Clear}}
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| − | == USA crime stats by region ==
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| − | *[https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/content/murder-zones/ Murder zones]
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| − | === Crime stats by zip code ===
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| − | *[https://crimegrade.org/crime-by-zip-code/ Crime grade]
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| − | *[https://www.city-data.com/ City data]
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| − | *[https://spotcrime.com/ Spot crime]
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| − | *[https://www.safewise.com/blog/confirm-safety-neighboorhood-online-tools/ Safewise.com]
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| − | == Nationalism and countries overestimating their role in history ==
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| − | *[[Essay: We Made History: Citizens of 35 Countries Overestimate Their Role in World History]]
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| − | == Most honest cultures ==
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| − | === Most honest cultures: Prevalence of businesses asked to pay bribes by government officials ===
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| − | *[https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IC.FRM.BRIB.ZS Bribery incidence (% of firms experiencing at least one bribe payment request)]
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| − | === Most honest cultures - wallet experiment ===
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| − | === 2019 ===
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| − | [[File:2019 wallet experiment - 17,000 wallets.jpeg|center|1200px|thumbnail|5 out of 6 countries in the top quartile are Protestant. ]]
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| − | {{Clear}}
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| − | *[https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aau8712 Civic honesty around the globe - 2019]
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| − | *[https://www.npr.org/2019/06/20/734141432/what-dropping-17-000-wallets-around-the-globe-can-teach-us-about-honesty What Dropping 17,000 Wallets Around The Globe Can Teach Us About Honesty] - 2019
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| − | 5 out of 6 countries in the top quartile are Protestant. "Today, the church encourages Catholics to nourish themselves with God’s word, and has some of the best Scripture scholars in the world. But sadly polls show that Catholics still read the Scriptures less than their Protestant brothers and sisters. Only 17 percent of Catholics read the Bible every day as compared to 38 percent of Protestants."[https://religionnews.com/2018/01/12/listening-to-gods-word-between-christmas-and-lent/] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:33, December 4, 2023 (EST)
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| − | ==== 2013: Wallet test (Reader's Digest) ====
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| − | == Finland: A country with a Protestant heritage and a most sensible prison system and society ==
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l554kV12Wuo Prisoners In Finland Live In Open Prisons Where They Learn Tech Skills]
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| − | *[[Essay: An observation about the countries that handled the coronavirus pandemic well so far. And let's look at Finland.|An observation about the countries that handled the coronavirus pandemic well so far. And let's look at Finland.]]
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| − | == Negative effects of wars. Frequency and magnitude of wars from 1946 to 2017 ==
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| − | *[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/09/domestic-violence-between-individuals-war Violence between individuals 'kills nine times more people' than wars]
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| − | See: [https://www.conservapedia.com/User:Conservative/Music_various_types#Upbeat_music Upbeat songs] ]]
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| − | == Obesity in the world ==
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| − | *[https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10157253215679896 Globesity]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pEkCbqN4uo The Weight of the Nation: Part 1 - Consequences (HBO Docs)]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLv0Vsegmoo The Weight of the Nation: Part 2 - Choices (HBO Docs)]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmcZRgWBdwQ The Weight of the Nation: Part 3 - Challenges (HBO Docs)]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RazNHIreQ-E I Investigated the Most Obese City in America…]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm-6_0xiQNc USA's Obesity Epidemic: Heart Attack Grills, Fat Camps and Plus-Size Beauty Pageants | Documentary]
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| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8_KrLGp3vg The Fattest Town In Britain: “We Send Kebabs To The Same Address Three Times A Day”]
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