Part 4: Society
Societies are always changing. The process of change frequently seems undesirable at first, and then once the change has taken place the change seems to have been both inevitable and desirable. In A Frozen Society: The Long Term Implications Of NSA’s Secrets we look at how the government’s spying on its citizens can prevent changes from taking place naturally and in Don't Confuse What Is Legal With What Is Morally Right we argue that what is legal or illegal is not necessarily the same as what is morally right or morally wrong through three examples, slavery, womens’ right to vote and interracial marriage.
The middle part of this section focuses on Europe specifically, starting with the hot topic of immigration in What The History Of Immigration Teaches Us About Europe’s Future, which looks at thirteen examples of immigration and how the movement of people impacted the indigenous populations ranging from the Gothic impact on the Romans, to the Norman conquest of Anglo Saxon England to Turkish immigration to post War Germany. In Emigration: Colonies Of The Mind And Space we look at the flip side of immigration, emigration, and where that might lead humanity. We then have two articles on racism and Islam; Are Europeans Fundamentally Racist? and Europe has a fundamental problem with Islam; here’s why. These issues are incredibly complex and a knee jerk reaction to these issues is not helpful. Understanding the history of these issues will make society more able to adapt to current events and the inevitable demographic transformation of Europe. This is then followed by History is written by the winners and Europeans are losing and how changes in European demographics is already changing the way history is written. Contemporary Europeans are very passive compared to Europeans in the past and we ask What Does It Take To Get Europeans To Have A Revolution? by looking at over 60 revolutions and civil wars in Europe over the past 400 years. We also look at the defining tension at the heart of Western civilization: the clash and synthesis of the Proto-Indo-European warrior ethos and Judeo-Christian ethical monotheism in Clash of Titans: How the Warrior Ethos and Judeo-Christian Monotheism Shaped the Soul of the West.
In Is Democracy The Opium Of The Masses? we question how democratic our societies are and in Who Benefits From Our Increased Social Fragmentation? we ask how increased social fragmentation enabled by new media impacts democracy.
We then shift to looking at family relationships in Why The Nuclear Family Needs To Die, In Order For Us To Live and how changes in sexual behaviour is impacting population numbers in certain countries in Lets Talk About Sex: Does The Separation Of Pleasure And Procreation Mean The End Of People? and Why Is Bisexuality Becoming Mainstream? We also look at how advances in technology and science means that there is a possibility of humans having vastly extended lives. We explore this subject in The 150-Year Life: How Radical Longevity Will Transform Our World. We then look at the impact of large scale wars on the relationship between men, women and the government in The Unintended Consequences of War: How the Loss of Young Men Transformed Women's Roles in Society and ushered in the Welfare State.
Finally, we have a look at the Long Term Impact of Covid 19 across a range of issues.
History is written by the winners. And Europeans are losing.
History is written by the winners. And the winners are the ones who are in charge, either by sheer numbers or by a lock on the country. As Europe's demographics change so will the winners, and thus history.