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Originally Posted by LatinCams
I saw this video and scare the shit out of me 
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I am skeptical regarding the thesis of that video. It equates QUASI-BIOLOGICAL GROUPINGS LIKE RACE with CULTURE. These are not joined at the hip. Culture is fluid and there are more differences within a 'racial' group than among different groups.
But assuming the video's thesis survives that definitional challenge, there's a PRACTICAL problem as well.
The issue is POWER and CULTURE. ie., who holds the reins regarding the dominant culture.
You only need to look at places like Mexico and the Philippines where a tiny white minority or Chinese minority (in the case of SE Asia) control the levers of cultural self-definition. Ever seen a Telenovela and marveled at the number of blondes? How about the top corporations? Who runs them?
So EVEN IF we accept the dubious assumption that culture is encoded in genetics, even if a certain culture is reduced to a TINY FRACTION of its current numbers, it can still hang on to greater cultural relevance and power.
NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION has never been a BARRIER to effective HEGEMONY.
Otherwise, the 80/20 rule wouldn't exist.
Also, this isn't just a EU or white middle class US problem.... So. Korea, Japan, Singapore, and soon, CHINA would be sharing in the same 'problem'
The truth? WEALTH and EDUCATION are the best CONTRACEPTIVES.
Ignorance, religious dogma (note: different from personal spirituality and experience-based spirituality), and poverty produce population explosions.
If you want to keep different cultures from 'invading', do one thing: Support FREE TRADE and ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY (ie., anyone can have a shot at being a millionaire) within the countries that export their people. You'd be surprised as to how quickly WEALTH and EDUCATION can reduce birth rates.
Besides, is there a LAW that says countries have to have LARGE populations? Isn't it a FACT that most of the WORLD's population that's ever existed are only alive NOW? Ie., the world went through an ALGAL BLOOM due to the discovery of antibiotics....
Maybe, thanks to ROBOTICS/AUTOMATION/breakthroughs in energy production, HUMANITY can go on with a FRACTION of its current population?
I'm just raising issues that go beyond the typical culture politics....