tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post7053414079552359450..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Eugenics and child mortalityBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-22097928190080187512011-09-03T20:35:33.099+01:002011-09-03T20:35:33.099+01:00@ST - Indeed. The self-gratifying, fantasy-driven ...@ST - Indeed. The self-gratifying, fantasy-driven recklessness of Western 'humanitarian' influence on other countries has reached psychotic levels - almost anything seems possible now. No amount of reasoned argument or evidence concerning consequences has the slightest influence on the imperative of "I must do *something* *now* to make myself feel better about all this".Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-35426618276492858122011-09-03T19:01:23.829+01:002011-09-03T19:01:23.829+01:00Modern humanitarian efforts remind me of Bastiat&#...Modern humanitarian efforts remind me of Bastiat's 'Parable of the Broken Window'. The volunteers (mainly from the west) believe they are doing good by alleviating the suffering of 3rd world inhabitants thereby facilitating their exploding population growth. They themselves probably have few/no children. The net result? Suffering in the future on a scale in the future that will make previous famines seem like trivial incidents by comparison. This could also affect more developed countries.S. Thompsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-70693973562688289292011-09-02T19:45:58.211+01:002011-09-02T19:45:58.211+01:00The Law of Diminishing Returns.
Dish out the weal...The Law of Diminishing Returns. <br />Dish out the wealth, and there is ever less wealth to dish out. Leveling out to a point at which everybody is almost starving. <br />Locusts, consuming everything, so all may be doomed, uniformly. And equally...The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.com