Comments on: How to Bring Peace to the World

By: Robert Deward

Robert Deward — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:46:49 +0000

A couple of observations: Re male births and warlike behavior,
heard of research finding that in periods before the outbreak of
war the proportion of male births increased markedly. And re
warlike behavior, when one reads accounts of wars and invasions
in the ancient world, they were said to have been the normal
and expected means by which resource poor peoples acquired what
they needed or wanted, e.g., ancient Greek cities, the Northmen.

By: Sebastian Meyer

Sebastian Meyer — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:51:15 +0000

Heinsohn may be right, but here in Europe the \"problem\" of dying nations does not exist for one simple reason:

The net population growth of countries like Germany is negative, meaning the countries propulations should be shrinking as less people are born than die each year. Instead though the population is growing because a lot of people are moving here from countries that have population growth.

Sometimes the populaiton growth is also the reason for the problems in those respective countries, causing \"push factors,\" meaning things get so bad people want to go elsewhere.

So maybe \"Islamic Nations\" will \"win\" is as much as that muslim imigrants will filter into Europe. But that is nothign new, it\’s been going on for centuries.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:51:33 +0000

It’s a chicken-or-egg question. Do the economic conditions that lead to unemployment also lead to war? Or do those desiring war create the economic conditions that provides them with a ready supply of unemployed young men to serve as cannon fodder?

It’s much harder to get your war on in times of properity. The public just won’t stand for it.

By: Gary Gibson

Gary Gibson — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:12:45 +0000

There’s another book, by a Canadian psychologist, available freely online that throws some interesting light on this subject as well. Much of the book (‘The Authoritarians’ by Dr. Bob Altemeyer) is based around a test called the ‘Right-Wing Authoritarian’ test developed since the Sixties, and based on an earlier test created in response to the growth of fascism in the ’30′s. It’s an absolutely remarkable book, particularly when it touches on the last Bush administration in the US. Sounds like it would fit together nicely with the work you mention here.

The book can be downloaded at http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/

By: E. J. Garcia

E. J. Garcia — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:40:35 +0000

It appears Mr. Heinsohn has a very good point, though one question still bothers me: with the big emphasis on the “fighting-age” men, would the cigar-chomping bureaucrats and war generals turn to the more second-class women demographic more frequently in more places to fight their future wars? Also, if the following figure could be believed, then the US will be in for a rough ride with the recent troop surge in Afghanistan. Other than that, keep up the good work, Fred!

P.S. I am currently commenting in the rather peaceful shores of Puerto Rico, now reading “Man Plus” in your “Man Plus and Jem” double-feature.

P.P.S. Lastly, here is the URL for the figure I was mentioning in case my link didn’t work:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Birth_rate_figures_for_countries.PNG

By: Stefan Jones

Stefan Jones — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:45:04 +0000

I can easily believe that.

World Peace might mean giving unemployed young men jobs and girlfriends.