05 Apr 2018, 3:11 pm
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05 Apr 2018, 3:21 pm
Maybe it is not IQ, high or low functioning that makes an autist successful, but more about the desire/courage/tenacity to lead the life you want. For all autists, having a simple life represents a lot of challenges.
It is also a matter of luck. If you come across drugs and alcohol early in your life, it doesn't help. If you have family or external support, this may help. Same for NTs 
I'm a stubborn and obstinated animal, but still, sometimes my energy has its limits.
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05 Apr 2018, 3:22 pm
LaetiBlabla wrote:
Maybe it is not IQ, high or low functioning that makes an autist successful, but more about the desire/courage/tenacity to lead the life you want. For autists, having a simple life represents a lot of challenges.
It is also maybe a matter of luck. If you come across drugs and alcohol early in your life, it doesn't help. If you have family or external support, this may help. Same for NTs
I'm a stubborn obstipated animal, but still, sometimes my energy has its limits.
It is also maybe a matter of luck. If you come across drugs and alcohol early in your life, it doesn't help. If you have family or external support, this may help. Same for NTs
I'm a stubborn obstipated animal, but still, sometimes my energy has its limits.
I think luck and family support really help. Bad luck really derailed me.
05 Apr 2018, 3:23 pm
Maybe it is not too late to reconnect.
05 Apr 2018, 3:33 pm
05 Apr 2018, 3:40 pm
05 Apr 2018, 4:01 pm
Daniel89 wrote:
The welfare state means they won't struggle to have offspring, the welfare state is dysgenics in action.
I considered responding to that issue preemptively in my earlier post, but didn't think it necessary on WP
You should note that the abuses being discussed were in the United States, where open-ended welfare for families was eliminated in 1996. (See PRWORA.) There is no "dysgenics" program here that could salvage eugenicists' poor arguments. And even if there were such a program, it would only expose the state as incapable of making those decisions intelligently.
That aside, have you actually taken care of a kid? A disabled couple on minimum wage in the US is lucky if they can support themselves, let alone raise even one kid (less than half of the reproductive replacement rate). Give them a couple of generations and they won't have left any offspring.
05 Apr 2018, 4:02 pm
05 Apr 2018, 7:27 pm
06 Apr 2018, 1:11 am
NobodyKnows wrote:
Daniel89 wrote:
The welfare state means they won't struggle to have offspring, the welfare state is dysgenics in action.
I considered responding to that issue preemptively in my earlier post, but didn't think it necessary on WP
You should note that the abuses being discussed were in the United States, where open-ended welfare for families was eliminated in 1996. (See PRWORA.) There is no "dysgenics" program here that could salvage eugenicists' poor arguments. And even if there were such a program, it would only expose the state as incapable of making those decisions intelligently.
That aside, have you actually taken care of a kid? A disabled couple on minimum wage in the US is lucky if they can support themselves, let alone raise even one kid (less than half of the reproductive replacement rate). Give them a couple of generations and they won't have left any offspring.
I am not in the US, here in the UK the state will pay for people to have children and not work.
06 Apr 2018, 1:13 am
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06 Apr 2018, 3:28 am
Daniel89 wrote:
Gallia wrote:
Daniel89 wrote:
We cannot rule out how much history and culture effects countries.
totally but history is a work in progress. i think the fact people are having less children anyway and become more globalist could be a positive trend. Britain was always more class conscious than its european counterparts but I'm hoping the move towards a more globalist minded citizenship can somewhat change that. though we go into other tricky territory such as - is the nation state a failing model and perceived threat to its integrity could explain growing populism.
Globalisation has just meant the working class in Britain has to compete with immigrants for jobs and housing, which lowers wages and increases rent. Then we have immigrants telling us we have white privilege.
White privilege is an American term, tell them you don't speak American. Where I live the immigrants are from Eastern Europe, they work really hard on the land. If anyone told them they had white privilege they'd rightly headbutt them.
06 Apr 2018, 3:32 am
fluffysaurus wrote:
Daniel89 wrote:
Gallia wrote:
Daniel89 wrote:
We cannot rule out how much history and culture effects countries.
totally but history is a work in progress. i think the fact people are having less children anyway and become more globalist could be a positive trend. Britain was always more class conscious than its european counterparts but I'm hoping the move towards a more globalist minded citizenship can somewhat change that. though we go into other tricky territory such as - is the nation state a failing model and perceived threat to its integrity could explain growing populism.
Globalisation has just meant the working class in Britain has to compete with immigrants for jobs and housing, which lowers wages and increases rent. Then we have immigrants telling us we have white privilege.
White privilege is an American term, tell them you don't speak American. Where I live the immigrants are from Eastern Europe, they work really hard on the land. If anyone told them they had white privilege they'd rightly headbutt them.
Yeah I do not blame the immigrants either they are doing the best by themselves and their families.
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