that suggests that there was a choice and someone to make it, so probably not
-
-
Replying to @adornofthagn
Does it, though? Predictable consequences don't presuppose a metaphysics of moral culpability.
1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
Chesterton's Fence seems to presuppose just that, reformers who could have acted otherwise
2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @adornofthagn
It just says a wall is probably doing something.
2 replies 0 retweets 13 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
fair (but earlier events of the general 'incel cataclysm' form, and of greater intensity, which furthermore happened under conditions of comparably intact normative monogamy, still shed doubt on the argument at object level)
1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes -
Replying to @adornofthagn @Outsideness
It's not we don't have periods of massive instability that culminate in a massive war that kills off a large surplus of the population every century, after which societies mysteriously restabilize around their new equilibria. And in the 21C, there's a lot more people to die...
2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
"Saint-Just, his time come again, slouching toward the banlieues..."
2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Low-status men might be low status but that doesn't mean they'll settle for it easy. They'll want high-status partners. People propose monogamy settles this but that's not the case, or else we wouldn't have these century wars. Trad dads claim credit for what Death has wrought.
2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes -
Wars can, of course, be fought for other reasons. Polygamy produces a large excess of military-age men, who can be redirected against the nation's enemies; we seem to have achieved the same effect with none of the upsides.
2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes -
Replying to @metaauthor @AmbrosialArts and
I am a little surprised that none of the eugenic types are proclaiming what's happening now a triumph for associative mating and sex-selection. I mean, isn't this a pretty strong fitness filter?
1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
Looks to me as if there's an emergent cultural struggle over the consequences of female sexual selection as sovereign element in the current informal social eugenics program. ...
-
-
Replying to @Outsideness @metaauthor and
... Incel revolt might be a doomed uprising against Gnon, but given the nothing-to-lose factor driving it, that doesn't mean it will be easy to extinguish.
0 replies 0 retweets 4 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.