Nordic

Nordic (adj.)

"of or pertaining to the Scandinavian people or their languages or physical type," 1898, from French nordique (in anthropologist Joseph Deniker's system of race classifications)

Little by little all the non-western peoples of the earth found it necessary to do something drastic about the intrusive Europeans with their restless, disturbing ways. The rise of the West to this position of dominance all round the globe is, indeed, the main theme of modern world history.

—WILLIAM MCNEILL

Past, present and future, the story of military dynamism in the world is ultimately an investigation into the prowess of Western arms.

—VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

Wade, Nicholas. A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History (p. 214). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

The trends in the 17th century illumined by Huff’s telescope experiment have continued to the present day with surprisingly little change. Four hundred years later, European societies are still more open and innovative than others. Islamic societies are still inward looking, traditional and hostile to pluralism. An authoritarian regime still rules China, suppresses all organized opposition and inhibits the free flow of ideas and information. The steadiness of these salient trends is a strong indication, though indeed not proof, that evolutionary forces may have shaped the basic nature of these societies and their institutions. Because its societies are open and innovative, the West has come to achieve a surprising degree of dominance in many spheres, despite the fact that its methods and knowledge have long been an open book from which all others may copy. Most of the world is now integrated into the Western economic system. But Japan and China, two of its chief economic rivals, show few signs of becoming better innovators. Most of the world’s most successful corporations are still found in the West. Americans and Europeans still dominate most fields of scientific research and collect most Nobel Prizes. The West continues to lead in military power. Its preeminence has not been uniform. Japan defeated the Russian fleet at the battle of Tsushima in 1905 and seized the East Asian holdings of European colonial powers in the Second World War. China battled the United States to a draw in the Korean War, and the United States did not prevail in Vietnam. European powers have withdrawn from many colonized countries after the cost of holding them became prohibitive. But Western force has remained essentially unchallenged since it withstood the threat of Ottoman invasion in the 17th century. For centuries, the most serious adversaries of Western powers have been other Western nations. Western science, a driver of technology, still holds a commanding lead over that of other countries. Despite the expectation that Japanese science would become formidable in the wake of its modernization, this flowering has failed to take place. And despite its heavy investment in scientific research, there is no guarantee that by mere force of numbers China can become a major scientific power. Science is essentially subversive in that it requires, at least in its great advances, the toppling of accepted theories and their replacement with better ones. East Asian societies tend to place high value on conformity and respect for superiors, which is not fertile ground for science to flourish. Throughout the world, Western medicine has proven more effective than the traditional kind. Western music, art and film are generally more creative than the tradition-bound artistic cultures of the East, and the openness of Western societies is regarded by many as more appealing. It would be invalid to ascribe any particular virtue to Europeans as individuals—they are little different from anyone else. But European social organization and especially its institutions have by several significant yardsticks proved more productive and innovative than those of other civilizations: Yet the recent rise of the West seems as hard to explain as the rise and long dominance of China before it.

Wade, Nicholas. A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History (pp. 218-220). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Blake Ross I don't really have faith in the future, for Nordics, I don't know if that's unhealthy.

Constantin Daniel Blake Ross in order to have a powerful state, one needs quantity and quality, but first, quantity. That is: land plus cheap labour. Then, quality, i.e. capital (resources) and human capital (skillz). in order to be on the path to survival, even a developed nation, i.e. one with a low infantile mortality, needs a total fertility rate (TFR) of 2.1. If you are really underdeveloped but you have a TFR of, let's say, 5.1 (Nigeria nowadays), it's still much better then being highly developed but having a TFR of 1.6 (Germany, nowadays). If you are highly developed (high quality) and under 2.1 (low quantity) you need more immigration at least only to compensate this, i.e. you need more quantity to survive - not to speak of needing cheap labour for further development, i.e. more quantity for more quality. all developed countries - and a lot of the underdeveloped ones, but not the most underdeveloped ones - have a TFR bellow 2.1, except a single one. Israel (3.0). Constantin Daniel all developed countries followed this path untul now: becoming developed and lowering their TFR under 2.1. Israel is exceptional from this point of view - and also culturally exceptional. but other national states, in order to survive but also to create quality at the standard they are used to need more quantity from external sources. this is the elephant in the room no one talks about, e.g., European culture needs Africans to perpetuate itself. Blake Ross Constantin Daniel Will equalitarianism ever go away? There isn't even a social culture, environment for Nordics? Constantin Daniel Blake Ross what do you ask is will Christianity - i.e. generating quality at the expense of internal quantity - ever go away? will this hunger for perfection (Form) ever go away? can you fall on something in void? only if you can fall on yourself. Constantin Daniel If the uprooting of Christianity begins in the head then it is obvious where it will first start to disappear: in precisely the place, that is to say, where it will also defend itself most strenuously. Elsewhere it will bend but not break, be stripped of its leaves but put forth new leaves in their place - because there it is the senses and not the head that have taken its side. - Nietzsche