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Terrorism Quotient
JAYMAN • NOVEMBER 14, 2015 • 2,400 WORDS • 159 COMMENTS
(My reader poll results will have to wait, but rest assured, they’re coming.)
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I wish I could say I was even remotely surprised – perhaps only at the precise
time, and that’s all. For this is just another example of what I and so many
others have been saying, as recently as the Cherlie Hebdo attack just in
January.
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Well, in this post, I’m here to straighten these people out on these things, as
Bill Maher did in his interview with Brian Levin after the Boston bombing –
video does not allow embedding. Please visit the site:
https://youtu.be/e-iBD8Y1MAY
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But I want people to think of something. See this from my earlier post Guns &
Violence, Again…
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The maps are pretty similar. The places on Earth with much interpersonal
violence are generally also the places that larger-scale prolonged conflicts.
One might note that Muslim nations have fairly low rates of interpersonal
homicide (assuming that these statistics are reliable, which is hardly
guaranteed). This is partly because of the system of clan retribution, as Peter
Frost explains here (The return of fear – emphasis mine)
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Most Muslim immigrants come from societies where the State has
pacified social relations only in recent times and where men still see
violence as a legitimate and even necessary means to advance
personal interests, to defend themselves and their families, and to
acquire land, goods, and even women. Violence is constrained
not by the State but by a balance of terror—the threat of
retaliation by the victim or his kinsmen.
Hence, violence is Islamic societies quickly moves from being one-on-one (or
one-on-a few or few-on-few) affairs as it is in many other places in the world to
being protracted struggles between rival clans and tribes (featured at what is
the MATTER with you people? | hbd chick):
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What Muslim groups putatively lack in interpersonal violence, they more than
make up for in prolonged mass conflict.
Despite these key facts, in response to this latest rampage in Paris, we have the
usual nonsense, as representated by these Tweets:
https://twitter.com/smollestlarrie/status/665360169216385024
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Room 101
@suscitate
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This is modeled after the “Amish Quotient” of Greg Cochran and Henry
Harpending.
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The idea is that there is a suite of behavioral traits that is more prevalent in
many Muslim populations which makes them more likely to perpetrate acts of
terrorism.
(Of course, every ethnic group has a group-typical suite of behavioral traits – an
“x quotient” – see Predictions on the Worldwide Distribution of
Personality.
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Edit, 11/15/15 [And indeed, Emil Kirkegaard has found just that – from The
general religious factor among Muslims: a multi-level factor analysis
| Clear Language, Clear Mind:
...
Specifically, the topic was if and how one could rank order Christian
denominations on a more/less extremist scale.
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Emil O W Kirkegaard
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All that’s left is to see how predictive this factor is of each country’s per capita
rate of terrorist acts, and the “terrorism quotient” will be confirmed. ***End
Edit***]
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But the problem with Muslims in the West is hardly confined to terrorism, but
plenty of regular old violence and other crime (especially in Europe – not so
much in North America) – again from Peter Frost:
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This illustrates that the typical WEIRDO response to these crimes – such as
pointing out (correctly) that only a small fraction of all Muslims commit these
crimes, as true as that is, misses the point.
At the very least, one would imagine that it would be prudent to stop
admitting more Muslims into these countries. As much as I am loathe to
quote Ann Coulter:
Ann Coulter
@AnnCoulter
Why does NO ONE say the obvious thing on TV?! It's insane.
Don't want terrorism in US? Stop importing Muslims!
2:58 AM - Nov 14, 2015
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But there’s a good chance that that won’t happen. Much of what I say here –
meant to jar Northwestern Europeans into prudent action to protect their
societies – may end up falling on deaf ears. The reason why is explained by the
very same HBD that explains why Muslims are so much more violent, on
average – namely, Northwestern European universalism:
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absence of kin-based social bonds – leads them to accept clannish migrants. See
The Rise of Universalism:
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In many respects, Muslim groups (especially Arab ones) are the polar opposites
of Northwest Europeans. Northwestern European society is liberal, democratic,
individualistic, secular, and high-trust. Arab society is illiberal, autocratic,
collectivist, extremely religious, and low-trust. Social bonds in Northwestern
European societies are primarily among non-relatives (at least past the nuclear
family). Social bonds in Arab society are structured around kin. Institutions in
NW European societies are rule-bound. Institutions in Arab societies are
corrupt.
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Edit, 3/22/16: [See also M.G.'s excellent data-rich post further illustrating the
differences between Muslims and NW Europeans:
***End Edit***]
Unfortunately, the very HBD that leads to these differences also makes it hard
for Northwestern Europeans to see the folly in their immigration policies. In
reaction to events like the Paris attacks, we get this:
Oh, and for the New Atheists out there that like to blame Muslim violence on
their religion, it’s worth noting that the behaviors we associate with religion –
including the religion itself – are all heritable:
Religion comes to the religious because that’s how their brains are
wired. A believer cannot think any different … Believers literally
have God/Earth spirits/Buddha on the brain. To such a person,
their deities are as real as the Sun in the sky (since, after all, the
believer’s brain is the only brain he’s got). Religiosity is highly
heritable (as are all behavioral traits)…
However, the “New Atheists” don’t seem to see it that way. Many of
these speakers, including the likes of Richard Dawkins, or groups
such as American Atheists proselytize atheism. Indeed, Dawkins,
a self-described “militant atheist”, is very much an atheist
evangelist.
So what to do, then? First and foremost, especially for Northwestern European
countries, is to stop admitting Muslims en masse into Europe.
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(It’s worth mentioning that the problem is much more acute for Europe than it
is for NW European diaspora nations like the U.S. or Canada. Put simply, the
Atlantic Ocean is a bigger barrier than the Mediterranean Sea. Europe gets a
much more representative slice of the Muslim population. By contrast,
immigrants to North America tend to be more select because of the demands of
making the trip. Hence, here in the States we get higher IQ, less clannish
Muslims. Of course, that’s not all that rosy – a smart terrorist is a much more
dangerous thing than a stupid terrorist. But North American Muslims don’t
have the incredibly high crime and poverty rates European Muslims do.)
At the very earnest, any attempts to address the problem should start with not
making it worse. Even more troublesome, a loose, porous border allows
radicalized Muslims to travel freely from terror hotspots in the Middle East to
Western sites. France’s emergency reaction to close it’s border was the right
step (but, on cue, there are calls for France to open its border once again –Why
France Should Not Close Its Borders). Cutting the number of “refugees”
granted asylum in Western nations would be next. (Most of whom are economic
migrants anyway.)
That addressed new Muslims in the country, but what about the existing
populations? I for one do not advocate mass deportations, nor do we
need encourage Westerners to engage in mass persecution of their
Muslim populations. That said, some steps can be taken to tackle the issue.
For example:
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Now, that said, for France – with it’s very high Muslim population and it’s
much higher Muslim share of births in the country – there doesn’t seem
to be an easy remedy. They’re in a hard position – and worst of all, they don’t
even realize it, generally.
Unfortunately, I don’t see this matter headed to good places, neither for
Europeans or for the Muslims and other foreigners that live in Europe. That last
thing we need is to inspire backlash against the Muslim residents by the natives.
One hopes that steps to address this issue in an orderly and humane way can be
taken, but I have to admit, that’s just a hope.
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