Comments on: The Pinch https://www.isegoria.net/2010/05/the-pinch/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Tatyana https://www.isegoria.net/2010/05/the-pinch/comment-page-1/#comment-2660 Tatyana Tue, 25 May 2010 14:23:04 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=6196#comment-2660 I like the conclusion. Very different from this cry “back to patriarchal Middle Ages!” that I find so unpleasant in current conservatism.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2010/05/the-pinch/comment-page-1/#comment-2627 Isegoria Mon, 24 May 2010 19:40:23 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=6196#comment-2627 In A Farewell to Alms, Clark mentions that most northern European societies developed customs to keep young women from marrying until fairly late — average age 25 — and that kept the population pressure down. (Steve Sailer cites this factoid in an older article.)

]]> By: David Foster https://www.isegoria.net/2010/05/the-pinch/comment-page-1/#comment-2624 David Foster Mon, 24 May 2010 19:15:21 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=6196#comment-2624 Looks like an interesting book.

In a quick reading of the review, I didn’t see any hypotheses raised as to why English families were smaller. Lower sex drive? (Arthur Koestler snarkily said “the British have sex on the brain, which is a very unsatisfactory place to have it,” but that’s probably unfair.) Some now-forgotten contraceptive technology that never made it across the English channel? Or just the later marriages?

]]> By: Aretae https://www.isegoria.net/2010/05/the-pinch/comment-page-1/#comment-2616 Aretae Mon, 24 May 2010 17:31:57 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=6196#comment-2616 You’re singing my song. Englanders got civil society, which created capitalism and growth, which created the modern world.

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