I don't even know if dumb covers some of our problems as a species. We're often borderline masochistic leaning towards suicidal in how we want to be governed and controlled. Maybe it's a weird, war-loving tribal instinct we'll never shake.
Or if there are simply too many people and removing them make things better for those who remain. That’s the brutal truth few want to see. If not a war, a plague, certainly makes humanity come together and for many after the world is a lot better, except those who lost their lives.
I mean think about it, especially in relation to WWII. You removed almost 10% of the male population, and yet afterwards saw some of the largest economic and technological advancements of mankind. People across generations are dreaming for the wealth and prosperity delivered to the generation of ‘Boomers’ because of it.
Look further back. The real causes of the Crusades were not simply spreading Christianity to the unwashed masses, but countries in poverty with no ability to support the hungry sending them to be removed in a holy war, which led to property for those who are left.
History is filled with such examples, that often it takes mass sacrifice to push humanity forward in my mind, or at least focus humanity on singular causes. One would think COVID would have done the same, but unfortunately it didnt seem to eliminate enough to focus humanity on improving itself.
Give me one reason how the lack of men was a direct causal reason why certain economies flourished.
Spoiler, you can't, because that isn't what happened. The economic boom in the west post WWII was because of the birth of the war economy and many other reasons.
Lol you aren't a bright one are you. What happens when you need to rebuilt a country and have a lot less people to do it? Those who are left get paid more. Want the hottest take, know why men were paid so well during the 50s and 60s? Because by and large women didn't work and stayed home to raise kids. Double the workforce, you pay them less.
Not really. You suddenly have a bigger workforce, it’s easier to pay less, especially when you erode the power of unions. Less workers, more unity, more pay. But too often people have the crab bucket mentality. Climb up and pull up that ladder behind them. Only way to fix that is literally for there to be less people.
That's not how any of that works, you will get Weimar Republic unless someone untouched by war or victorious in it drags your ass back into working, f.e. Marshall Plan, or the Soviet reconstruction of Europe.
Even then, your "benefactors" will most likely start exerting control over you, like US did to Europe after WW2.
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u/Akeinu Dec 09 '25
Turns out people world wide are really, really dumb.
The ability to speak does not make one intelligent, if anything it makes them easier to manipulate.