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Mactoul's avatar

Can it be so that Europe simply had lower crime rate compared with the rest of the world by 17C?

That liberalism and progress requires a degree of pacification above all?

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Silesianus's avatar

I wouldn't necessarily say that Whites had or have less friends (current time notwithstanding), but the selection for intelligence and placement of locus of importance on ideas and personal achievement over clan bonds is important. Europeans were more geographically mobile and tended to forge long-distant links over local ones where possible.

It must be observed though that Jews underwent similar selection for intelligence, however they retained their strong in-group preference, due to a different selection pressure (having to deal with imminent hostility at a moment's notice). Perhaps the current world situation will force another selection event, where in-group preferences will be reinforced as a trait.

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