somebody needs to give e.o.wilson a copy of albion's seed: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/06/the-radical-theory-of-evolution-that-explains-democrats-and-republicans/258307/#disqus_thread … (>.<) #AmericanNations
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@hbdchick Leaving aside that the R vs. D discussion came from imagination of the Atlantic author, not Wilson, I don't think Albion's Seed... -
@hbdchick (much less American Nations) helps much in understanding of present-day political landscape in US. -
@racehist i think they do. diff pops having diff avg frequencies of genes related to political persuasion, etc. biology 101, afaics. -
@hbdchick New England Puritans account for something like 6% of ancestry of US whites. http://racehist.blogspot.com/2013/09/estimating-proportion-of-puritan-genes.html … -
@hbdchick Puritan genes are not going to be the main determinant of voting behavior anywhere in the country. And modern leftist culture... -
@hbdchick can't be attributed to Puritans by any serious person either. The bulk of ancestry of US whites post-dates initial settlement. -
@hbdchick Neither Fischer nor Woodard were arguing primarily for effects rooted in biology. Both claimed (oversold) cultural transmission. -
@racehist i realize that, of course. and they're both wrong. doesn't mean the patterns they've noticed aren't real. - 2 more replies
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