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Are some cultures better than others?

Why study history?

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.”[1]

Culture war

Humanities

Various trends around the world

2024

2023

Western culture

Western culture and Christianity

The West:

Western values:

Christianity and science

The sexual chaos and idolatry conquered by the early church has come roaring back

USA: GSS belief in God/irreligion

Vienna

Traditional gender roles

Traditional gender roles are making a comeback

2024: Why Gen Z Is Ditching The Girlboss For The Tradwife, The Federalist

In 2017, The University of Michigan and The University of Texas at Austin conducted a multipart study that found that young people today are more likely to believe a man should be the head of the household than previous generations were.[1]

The Yorkshire Building Society conducted a survey asking men what they valued most in a spouse. Their answers could be taken from a 1950’s home economics book. The top three answers are as follows;

  • 44% of men said taking care of the home was the most important
  • 39% of men value cooking skills
  • 33% of men value cleaning skills[2]

Google trends - trad wife vs. feminism


Capitalism

How capitalism/economy works

Most productive countries

List of countries by labor productivity (Ranked using purchasing power parity)

In 2023, the USA was over 200% more productive in terms of labor productivity than Russia when measured using purchasing power parity.[2] In 2023, the USA was over 400% more productive in terms of labor productivity than China when measured using purchasing power parity.[3]

See also: Essay: The USA has one of the highest labor productivity rates in the world - significantly higher than both China and Russia

High-income economies

World economics and related information

2023

The middle-income trap

List of countries by Human Development Index

List of countries by economic complexity

Demography/fertility

United States

World fertility rate and fertility rate by country

Retirement: It's a modern idea. Get to work you lazy boy!

Baby boomers and retirement

East/West: Authoritarian vs. individualism/democracy: Economic growth and healthy society

See: Essay: Why has the West been so successful?

Western civilization

Eastern civilizations

  • East: More collectivist. Rice farming more collectivist

Singapore (High standard of living and low crime). Had British/Western influence

Singapore City.

See: Singapore

The British/Western Influence on Singapore: "We have many good essays on the English language, the rule of law, the free port, free trade, open economy, the civil service, health, education, welfare, town planning, low-cost housing, anti-corruption, business, sports, culture, the commonwealth, etc. The British left a rich legacy in Singapore." See: Singapore and the United Kingdom: 1819 to 2019

Singapore: Hardworking, meritocracy, studious, disciplined, collectivist, low corruption and economic liberty

Academic

Abstract: As an authoritarian country achieves more economic freedom, it is often urged by its citizens to start pursuing social freedoms. This has led to the liberalization of many authoritarian nations and pushed them to adopt more liberal policies. But not Singapore. Singapore is one of the most economically-developed countries in the world yet it has a surprising lack of social/political freedom. But how does it succeed where so many others have failed? Why is Singapore one of the most successful free-market economies as well as one of the most societally restrictive? And how long can it continue to succeed? As it stands now, the same political party has been winning elections in Singapore for more than 60 years. How long can they last?

Japan (High standard of living and low crime). Had post WWII American influence

The flag of Japan

Japan: Hardworking, studious, disciplined, harmonious and collectivist (Government invest in key industries. East Asian model )

United States influence on Japan:

"After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the United States led the Allies in the occupation and rehabilitation of the Japanese state. Between 1945 and 1952, the U.S. occupying forces, led by General Douglas A. MacArthur, enacted widespread military, political, economic, and social reforms." - Occupation and Reconstruction of Japan, 1945–52

Influence of American management consultant William Edwards Deming on Japan: "Starting in 1950 and in subsequent trips to Japan - 27 trips in all - Deming taught the Japanese his management philosophy which eventually came to be called the System of Profound Knowledge. This work has widely been cited as a key reason for Japan's rise as an economic world power on the international stage." - The Influence of W. Edwards Deming (1900-1993)

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).
  • Japan’s economy, AsiaLinkBusiness. Japan is one of the largest and most developed economies in the world. It has a well-educated, industrious workforce and its large, affluent population makes it one of the world’s biggest consumer markets.

From the 1960s to the 1980s, Japan achieved one of the highest economic growth rates in the world. This growth was led by:

- High rates of investment in productive plant and equipment

- The application of efficient industrial techniques

- A high standard of education

- Good relations between labour and management

- Ready access to leading technologies and significant investment in research and development

- An increasingly open world trade framework

- A large domestic market of discerning consumers, which has given Japanese businesses an advantage in their scale of operations.

Racial demographic shifts

Racial demographic shifts - Eric Kaufmann, Book: White Shift

Eric Kaufmann, Book: White Shift

Multiculturism, Western culture and anti-white bashing

Fertility rates: Conservative age or liberal age for the future?

Conservative age:

Liberal age:

Theory about cultures which some find interesting: Strauss–Howe generational theory

Baby boomers

Boomers: General

Criticisms

Pro-boomer

In-between and/or defense of boomers

Baby boomers and retirement

Technology

Quantum computers:

Music

Modern art

Authoritarianism and international relations

  • 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

Urban planning and related matters

Healthy news diet

How the news affects people. The case for being less partisan/political and being more objective

The abstract for the journal article 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:

"Both liberals and conservatives 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."[4]

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 left and the right—were often less knowledgeable about world events than those who consumed no news at all."[5]

"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."

The Turn by Liel Leibovitz

  • The Turn by Liel Leibovitz, Tablet Magazine, DECEMBER 08, 2021

Benefits of being more apolitical

Polarized thinking and depression/anxiety

Brain scans and political ideology

Quotes

  • "And only the empathy (emotional faces) task was significantly associated with moderate ideology."[3]
  • "conservatives tend to be more resilient and have better self-control"[4] (Science proves that conservatives have more machismo!)

Liberals vs. conservatives

Sexual mores and behavior:

Political ideology, media consumption, websites and effects

Media consumption: Conservatives vs. liberals:

Right-wing media online ecosystem:

US societal decline until desecularization kicks in around 2050 or sooner

Manufacturing consent: The influence of wealthy class, media and the military-industrial complex on American politics

Manufacturing consent

USA, power and politics

Related resources

Neoliberalism critique

Decline of nations/civilizations

Videos:

Roman Empire

Eastern Orthodox countries, and their history (Under the Mongols, etc.), statism, capitalism and the West

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia


USA crime stats by region

Crime stats by zip code

Most honest cultures

Most honest cultures: Prevalence of businesses asked to pay bribes by government officials

Most honest cultures - wallet experiment

2019

5 out of 6 countries in the top quartile are Protestant.

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."[5] Conservative (talk) 22:33, December 4, 2023 (EST)

Liturgically, the top countries are more Lutheran and practice an evangelical Catholic type of Protestantism.

Reader's Digest - Wallet experiment

2023

Most honest cultures - wallet experiment.jpg

2013: Wallet test (Reader's Digest)

Wallet experiment: Other study

Finland: A country with a Protestant heritage and a most sensible prison system and society

Military, wars and mass murder

"The level of war in the world seems to have risen to 1989 (post-WWII) peak levels and holding, ending the pacific 1989-2006 era. Does this contradict the Decline of Violence (Pinker) / End of History (Fukuyama) theses, or is it just a blip?". - Professor Eric Kaufmann, Twitter/X.[6], See: War and Peace.

How long do wars last?

Wars start out as wars of maneuver. If a war a war of maneuver doesn't achieve victory in 6 months, then it most cases it turns into a war of attrition (Wars of attrition are more common than insurgencies after a war).[7]

Wars are ended by removing an enemies will to fight and/or ability to fight (Productive capacity)[8]

  • "Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." - Sun Tzu
  • "What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations." - Sun Tzu
  • "There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare." - Sun Tzu

How long do post WWII wars last? Some statistics:

Georgetown University's Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit policy research organization & think tank analyzing global issues.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies article How Does It End? What Past Wars Tell Us about How to Save Ukraine

“ Analyzing data compiled by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) on conflict termination since 1946, 26 percent of interstate wars like Ukraine end in less than 30 days and another 25 percent end in less than a year. Wars that end within a month last on average eight days, and 44 percent end in a ceasefire or peace agreement. Of wars that last over a month but less than a year, only 24 percent end in a ceasefire. When interstate wars last longer than a year, they extend to over a decade on average, resulting in sporadic clashes.[6] ”
Georgetown University's Center for Strategic and International Studies indicates that most wars lasting over a year extend to over a decade on average, resulting in sporadic clashes.[7]

Just war vs. realist view of war

Winning the peace vs. winning a war

Military

Wars and warlike natures

Studies:

Democratic peace theory and related matters

Mass murder

Right-wing death squads vs. Left-wing murderous regimes

Military concepts

Negative effects of wars. Frequency and magnitude of wars from 1946 to 2017

Economic:

Videos:

Social:

Domestic violence and other violence increases in countries engaging in war. "Studies have shown that domestic violence—which disproportionately affects women—increases during and after war as stress levels rise, families are displaced, and traumatized combatants return home. This can lead to physical, psychological and sexual violence erupting inside the home."[9]

Violence

America's billionaires

Donald Trump

World happiness reports

World happiness reports 2024

In 2024, the USA was the 15th most happiest country in the world out of the 195 countries in the world.[10] Thus, the USA is among the top 11% of countries in happiness - even under the Biden Administration which is one of the most incompetent presidencies in USA's history. Trump is favored to win the presidency in 2024 according the political betting markets and the economy was better under Trump.[11]

World Happiness Report 2024: USA, China, Russia, religiosity and happiness

See: User:Conservative/ World Happiness Report 2024: USA, China, Russia, religiosity and happiness

Essay



Don't worry. Be happy!

See: Upbeat songs

References

  1. ↑ From “Compensation” to “Childhood Wonder”: Why Parents Buy, Allison J. Pugh, Working Paper No. 39, May 2002
  2. ↑ List of countries by labor productivity (Ranked using purchasing power parity)
  3. ↑ List of countries by labor productivity (Ranked using purchasing power parity)
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ Reading Too Much Political News Is Bad for Your Well-Being by Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 2020
  6. ↑ How Does It End? What Past Wars Tell Us about How to Save Ukraine, 2022, Center for Strategic and International Studies website
  7. ↑ How Does It End? What Past Wars Tell Us about How to Save Ukraine, 2022, Center for Strategic and International Studies website
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