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Category Archives: WASPs
The Gospel According to Trump
The Donald is simply keeping it real. If you are a Seventh-Day Adventist, all other religions seem weird if not evil. If you are Jewish, other religions seem false. If you are Christian, other religions seem false. If you are … Continue reading
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NYT: Manners Fit Jeb Bush, if Not an Uncouth Race
If Jeb Bush represents the last gasp of the WASP power structure, then who won? New York Times: DERRY, N.H. — Tennis. Boating. Summers at Walker’s Point. Life among the white Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite (or WASPs, in sociological shorthand) was … Continue reading
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The Decline Of The WASP & The Rise Of The Psychopath
Comments to Peter Frost: * Most human cultures show favoritism toward in-group members, and it’s not just the Jews. Look at the American Supreme Court. A hundred years ago, all of the justices were White Protestants. Now, none of them … Continue reading
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Protestantism and the Financially Literate Ethic
Anatoly Karlin writes: On the global scale, the Protestant world comprise nine of the world’s top 10 most financially literate countries, and an amazing 17 of the world’s top 25 – which is also a convenient threshold representing 50%+ financial … Continue reading
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Different Groups Have Different Gifts
Jews tend to be more emotionally expressive than European Protestants. Blacks seem be louder and more emotional than Jews. Northern Europeans tend to be more law abiding and monogamous than southern Europeans. Blacks tend to yell at their TVs and … Continue reading
Can A Small Group Dominate The World?
Steve Sailer writes: Academic historians dislike the concept that history is often made by groups of individuals plotting together in confidence, even though one obvious way to get big things done is to make plans with your friends and allies … Continue reading
The Puritans Were Forerunners Of The Seventh-Day Adventists
When I read up on the Puritans, it reminds me of how I was raised as a Seventh-Day Adventist in Australia and California. I think I have a fair idea of the strengths and weaknesses of Anglos vs Jews. Both … Continue reading
The Water Diviner
From IMDB.com: “An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons.” This is a mediocre movie (too on the nose with its points) but I enjoy the way it contrasts … Continue reading
The American Way
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Growing up I felt no cultural identity whatsoever, other than American. The first Jewish person I remember meeting was a friend from elementary school, who one day stopped and said to me, “I’m Jewish.” I … Continue reading
McFarland USA Greases The Skids For White Displacement
McFarland, California used to be a white town. Like much of America, it is now Mexican (92% Latino according to 2010 census). Why a white American would cheer for his country turning into an extension of Mexico is beyond me. … Continue reading