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				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I don’t recognize any of those terms. Zero-something? Negative-something?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Thank you. I saw your other comment about funding a warlord after I’d posted.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
What’s special about the American kitchen?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Fertility declines show up before that messaging. 1800s Victorians, American frontier families, all sorts of people in strong economic positions. Status can’t have been it. I would guess the biggest contributor is technological: infant mortality drops and births drop to compensate.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes, it’s a popular subject.


Skin and fat attenuate those radio frequencies pretty fast. There’s some literature claiming that the risks are higher for children, with their undeveloped brains thin skulls. At first glance, I’d say it’s cherry-picking. The case for reduced sperm motility has probably not replicated.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Do you actually have any examples? Because that sounds like a weak-ass excuse for using a single number.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Everything you list was implied (or said outright) in fribble’s initial complaint. I don’t know why you’re surprised that a response disagrees.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It’s more like saying Elon Musk doesn’t actually care about space exploration because sometimes he spends money on the Trump campaign.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Are they not?


I expect donations did go up after the gutting. Messaging around them definitely did. I’m not sure how to show it, though.


Asserting that nobody cares because Obama still has money is a pretty damn isolated demand for rigor.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I am reasonably confident that the third world was not getting an influx of smartphones before 2005; slowing growth is obviously possible without them. From his earlier article,




the first plummet transpired from about 1988 to 2005, dropping from 1.8% per year to 1.25%. After a decade’s pause, the downward trend resumed, lately averaging 0.85% per year.




That could be a problem with averaging lots of regions. Of course, it could be the pause which is an artifact. I think a general decline, concealed by regional trends in vaccination or something, is quite possible.


He’s got a more detailed graph in this article which he claims shows a 90s plateau. I’m not sure I see it. I would describe this plot as an overall “downwash” with surges in the early 90s (fall of communism?) and late 00s. That would make the post-08 crash a return to form, right?


Frankly, I’m getting a whiff of motivated reasoning from this guy. He was rightly skeptical of the UN plots which looked like regression-to-the-old-models. That skepticism should probably also apply to models which line up with his sixth-extinction hypothesis.


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				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I guess it’s possible. Is that cheaper than a passenger boat?


Either way, overstaying a visa would definitely be comprehensible to a Founding Father. I don’t think it’s good evidence that the Constitution has a critical security exploit.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Please remember to avoid sweeping generalizations.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Oh. Anchor babies. I guess I was envisioning something more…coordinated. Mea culpa.


I do take issue with the Post’s excuses for data. Look at those numbers: a nonprofit says 36,000 women in 2012. Chinese officials say 50,000, year unspecified. This Australian professor thinks 100,000, so that’s good enough, I guess.


Meanwhile the actual number of births in the Marianas is around 1,100 a year. If every single one was a birth tourist, you’d still need another 30 Saipans to get in the ballpark. I don’t trust these numbers at all.


But I’d also say they’re beside the point. Saipan’s exploits stem from its organization as a U.S. territory in the 70s. Congress still has the power to amend that relationship. The bigger potential problem is birth tourism in the states proper, which could be resolved by visa policy.


I don’t see this as a real threat.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I had a section about that originally. He was mayor over like 10% of the population (but probably more of the gang crime). That doesn’t come with the kind of budget, or by extension firepower, of the presidency. You can look at the TCP for examples of his post-election policies.


I think he probably contributed to the overall decline; I doubt that he was uniquely effective.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yeah, the peak was insanity. Regression to the mean suggests that it would have gone down in the absence of Bukele. And was, in fact, going down every year.


I wish we had monthly stats for any year before 2019, because the red numbers in that year still average out below the previous year’s rate.


To be clear, I think Bukele deserves credit for continuing to bring the rate down. But he didn’t reverse any trend, and he didn’t have one weird trick. The TCP was announced late June and involved everything from equipment to public works.


I think Swedish immigration policy is even less focused. It’s all technocratic compromise politics, where a coalition government considers the recommendations of a committee on I’m already falling asleep. There’s no dynamic individual who said “yeah we’re gonna import Syrians.” Look at that spike. Policy crafted 20+ years ago for Yugoslavia getting stretched to a new extreme.


That’s what makes the Orebro situation different. Dude has none of the institutional backing and none of the existing law. His proposal is not serious.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Suggesting that your outgroup believes stupid or evil things is a central example of waging the culture war. Don’t do this.


One day ban to cool off.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 28, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Oh, that’s good. I know better than to make eye contact with Texas drivers. Never know who’s packing.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
What?


I think you might be the first person to envision that today. Personally, I’d rule that airlifting millions (?!) in a ploy to seize voting rights involves removing U.S. jurisdiction over whatever area. Defeating the world’s premier air power would certainly do that.


But it’s not exactly salient. How many of the existing illegals used a plane at all? Surely the founders were aware of the possibility of land crossings.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
There was a lot of talk about the establishment blaming Bernie-bros for doing exactly that in 2016. Not sure how credible.


I can’t decide whether I buy into the national vs. local strategy explanation. It could work; lower levels are a lot more visible than they were in 1992. If it were true, though, what’s the mechanism for tightening the leash? Are there a bunch of midlevel Dems who mellowed out to get a Senate seat?


@Dean convinced me, at one point, that Obama’s campaign basically hollowed out the Democrat back bench. I think that (and the ensuing Trump whiplash) might be enough to explain the issues.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I think you’re more or less correct.


Historically, a cooperative opposition could get support for pet issues, pork spending, that kind of stuff. Today Congress has delegated or abdicated a lot of those levers. At the same time, stumping against the other guy is more important (electorally…) than ever. So you’ve got a bunch of partisans with no incentive to run towards the center.


I want to say this has been true since the 2008 crash, but that might just be my youth showing.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 28, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Fellas, is it gay to touch another car with your car door?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for June 28, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
There’s no alpha in being supportive.


Okay, fine, maybe there’s a niche. But the niche for outrage is bigger.


You don’t have to propagate it, though. Break the cycle!


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Oh look. It’s that time again. And again. Yeah.


Given your continued flagrant violations of the rules, we are banning you permanently.


Have a nice day.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Dang. Doing your part to keep the English language alive and kicking.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of June 29, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Okay, there’s no way that’s a real word.