Do you claim that I hate it? I do not. I love it. It is only a couple of regular posters I have a problem with.
Not that it matters but I am not “upper class” and I do not cross the road when I see a group of black people at night.
Preserve? In what sense? Do you mean to say I do not want Saudi Arabia “spoiled” by people who want better treatment for women? You are very off base if that is your claim
Have you met such people? I have not.
In that case back up your claim that these countries have lower than average IQs.
Well that’s the thing, these people are egalitarians in “intellectual” (or pseudo - intellectual as it were) debates, in real life there as racist as everybody else. I’m willing to bet the only black person BP comes into contact with is his dealer.
I believe you misunderstood me, I don’t claim that anybody hates Mises.org, only that the majority of people on here are middle/ upper class and can’t stand being upper/ middle class (except when they need money for their internet connection/ philosophy books).
Just out of interest, which users would these be?
That`s not nationalism.
Oh look, Marxist class theory to go with the statist avatar. Perfect!
“Hispanic” is a very imprecise term. What we are actually talking about is indigenous central and south Americans on the one hand, and people of European Spanish descent on the other.
Incidentally, Cubans call themselves “Cuban.” I’ve never heard a Cuban call himself “Hispanic.” Same experience with Colombians as well. In my socio-economic demographic, all these people have been Spanish-descended.
The racist ones.
Names, perhaps?
This may be a first: we agree on something.
I have.
Not lower than average. Low average. This is an important distinction when you look at facts instead of what your [Victim Group]-Studies professor tells you.
The average IQ of the listed countries is in the high 80’s. By contrast, the US is in the high 90’s. Hong Kong and South Korea are north of 100.
You can also look at such things as high school dropout rates in LA and the general IQ levels of Lebanese Christians as opposed to Lebanese Shi’ites. I’d break it down further for you but I don’t want you to have a stroke.
Government high school drop out rates are meaningless when you are talking about groups of people without a fluent understanding of English. Back up your claims with facts.
I notice that none of the responses have been about the Joint Operating Environment (JOE 2008) report.
Google world IQ scores. The facts are piling up faster than the blank slate creationists can suppress them.
And hell’s bells, just compare people. Look at who’s getting Ph.D.'s in hard sciences and who’s not. Nobel recipients, living standards, income, and on and on.
Well, do you think that a prediction made by (military) bureaucrats has any value ? To me it sounds like the american state trying to scare people with talks about ‘drugs’ ‘war’ ‘mafia’ etc.
On the other hand it may hint at who’s the next target for the out-of-control american military…Maybe that was your point ?
Just wait for the Nobel prize for black economics or something along those lines.
Well, the drug trade in Mexicio are dominated by some of the most dangerous and violent drug cartels that I ever knew. Heck some of them are trained by the military.
The population in some part of the countries practically live in fear and the state is basically useless/working for the gangs.
I can see why Byzantine might want to cut off imigration from Mexico and other countries because it would allow gangsters to gain a stronger foothold much faster in the states. However, I don’t see them establishing a much of a stronghold in the US and I tend to think that immigration is generally a good thing.
US authorities, monopoly providers as they are, are generally not pussycats. They can be well armed and dangerous if neccesary and can bring in the backing of federal forces. However, if the general public have a gun culture, than it also stand a stronger chance of protecting themsleves against gangsters. Secondary, if we legalizes drugs and prositution, it will diminish these cartels’ power.
No one is trying to “suppress” facts here. You are starting to sound like a “911 Truther”. I did Google it and guess what I found? I found one study that links IQ to breast feeding. Another that links it to consanguineous marriages. But no scholarly work by reputable scientists in the field that say race qua race is a factor in IQ.
I’ll give you an easier test. Look at the race of the fellows of the Mises institute.
The military is possibly the only government bureaucracy that produces quality products and “services”. This does not justify their existence but there is indeed a difference between MilSpec and standard government quality. The same goes for intelligence. One difference is that their own lives are on the line - not just the lives of civilians. Walk into an Army/Navy surplus store sometime and examine the quality of the merchandise and you will see what I mean. When your own life is on the line you put more care into what you do.
That too. It may be a pretext for another war.
I am a 911 truther. You trying to start something here? [;)]
Just what is the point of comparing IQ and social-ethnic groups again?
Why do we need to ban certain groups from immigrating and working in the states? There are asian gangs, white gangs, black gangs, all with their own degree of violence and history. Does that mean we should ban entire groups from immigration just because of a few problematic gangsters?
Yet, people who ARE immigrants are some of the most entrepneural of our generation. They start new businesses such as resturant and donut shops. My own ethnic group(Well some of them..), basically specializes in the production of pretty nails, despite having no such industry operating in their home country.