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14 <p>The Arkian view is that modern culture has become intolerable, and that becoming Arkian is the best way to save one's family from modern culture. I will explain the problems with modern culture, and then I will consider possible solutions, and then I will discuss the Arkian solution in detail. The name "Arkian" comes from Noah's Ark with the idea being that the Arkian plan is designed to be a refuge to preserve good families in the face of global dysgenic modern culture that is making almost all of humanity go bad.</p> 14 <p>The Arkian view is that modern culture has become intolerable, and that becoming Arkian is the best way to save one's family from modern culture. I will explain the problems with modern culture, and then I will consider possible solutions, and then I will discuss the Arkian solution in detail. The name "Arkian" comes from Noah's Ark with the idea being that the Arkian plan is designed to be a refuge to preserve good families in the face of global dysgenic modern culture that is making almost all of humanity go bad.</p>
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16 <p>This web page has two target audiences. First are people who already recognize what a horror modern culture is, and want a way to deal with this. Second are relatives of Arkians who may need some convincing of the value of the Arkian idea. Everyone else should stop reading and leave. In particular, anyone who isn't related to an Arkian and thinks that modern culture is fine should just go away.</p> 16 <p>This web page has two target audiences. First are people who already recognize what a horror modern culture is, and want a way to deal with this. Second are relatives of Arkians who may need some convincing of the value of the Arkian idea. Everyone else should stop reading and leave. In particular, anyone who isn't related to an Arkian and thinks that modern culture is fine should just go away.</p>
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20 title: 'What is eugenics?', 20 title: 'Modern Culture',
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22 <p>The Arkian idea is to form a eugenic intentional ethnicity. Undoubtedly I have offended most readers already with this first sentence. But should you judge terms like "eugenics" based on popular opinion or based on truth? Clearly the starting point should be to define eugenics.</p> 22 <blockquote>
23 23 <p>Woe to those who call evil good
24 <p>Eugenics means "of good birth" and was invented by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton">Francis Galton</a> in the 1800s. He was concerned about human genetics and wanted to make sure that people didn't decline in genetic quality.</p> 24 and good evil,
25 25 who substitute darkness for light
26 <p>"Genetics" is another term that upsets some religious people. They automatically assume that genetics assumes the idea of evolution. But this is simply not true, and whether or not you believe in evolution is irrelevant to my arguments here. Instead I would ask if you believe in breeding farm animals? If you do, then you believe in genetics. And if farm animals can be bred, why not people? We know that just like with animals, human children inherit the traits of their parents.</p> 26 and light for darkness,
27 27 who substitute bitter for sweet
28 <p>So now the question is do you support breeding people. For example, we know that there are many genetic diseases. If people with genetic diseases had many more children than healthy people, humanity would soon be overrun with genetic diseases. Wouldn't it be reasonable to do something about this by encouraging healthy people to have more children than those with genetic diseases? The current problem facing humanity isn't genetic diseases, but rather stupidity and bad morals. Stupid people with bad morals are currently having many more children than smart people with good morals.</p> 28 and sweet for bitter.</p>
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30 <p>But let me return to the history of eugenics and why it got such a bad reputation. This is described in the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N45KKTH/">Eugenics: A Very Short Introduction</a>. After Galton, eugenics quickly became a progressive movement that pushed government eugenics programs that included compulsory sterilization, racial planning, pushing contraception, and pushing feminism (considered to be eugenic). Of course this contrasts with the current leftist position against eugenics, but this raises the fundamental question of what it really means to be progressive/leftist versus conservative/rightist.</p> 30 <cite>Isaiah 5:20</cite>
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32 <p>I think the core difference between progressives and conservatives isn't so much their positions on specific issues as it is their general approach to thinking about issues. Progressives have infinite faith in human reason, so they have no problem using government programs and government coercion to pursue their "logical" goals. Progressives tend to be reductionist and will reduce an issue to a set of causes and then act on those perceived causes. In effect, progressives want Man to play God and to micromanage everything. In contrast, conservatives are more humble and more skeptical about human reason. Conservatives would rather trust what has proven to be true over time, and would rather trust God or the forces of nature than trust human management.</p> 32 <blockquote>
33 33 <p>A good tree can’t produce bad fruit; neither can a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.</p>
34 <p>Now let's apply this to eugenics. Suppose you wanted to organize a running team. How do you select members? The progressive would study running in detail and find everything that may cause good runners, or at least what correlates with good runners. They may notice, for example, that blacks are faster on average than whites, so they would select blacks. They may look for genes that are found in fast runners and select people with these genes. All this fits the progressive approach that I just described. How would a conservative select team members? A true conservative would just time candidates and select the fastest ones without worrying about any other factors. The factors that cause fast runners can be left to God or nature, the conservative doesn't care and just wants fast runners. Jesus well expressed this conservative view in <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+7%3A16-20&version=HCSB">Matthew 7:16-20</a>.</p> 34 </blockquote>
35 35 <cite>Matthew 7:18-19</cite>
36 <p>We can take this one step further and ask how can one breed a population of fast runners. The answers would again be like what I just described, with progressives using complex reductionist approaches, while conservatives would just add fast runners to the breeding group, and remove slow runners.</p> 36
37 37 <p>Modern culture is the worst culture in history. All of its members are scum, so I call them "modern scum".</p>
38 <p>I am purely a conservative and I detest the progressive approach to everything. The general view on eugenics is that the Nazis ruined the reputation of eugenics and this is why it lost favor. But my view is that the progressives had already ruined eugenics before the Nazis, and that the conservative opposition (especially Catholic opposition) to eugenics was based on eugenicists playing God. I don't think these conservatives opposed animal breeding and I don't think they would have opposed a conservative form of eugenics which would be similar to animal breeding.</p> 38
39 39 <p>Modern scum hate simplicity and love complexity. They hate intelligence. They hate beauty and love ugliness. They hate tradition and love fashion. They have no loyalty. They reject family values and support promiscuity. They love cheap crap and don't value quality. They have more faith in technology than in nature/God. They are incapable of critical thinking. They are obnoxious and reject civility. They are loud and inconsiderate. And they are closed-minded and intolerant.</p>
40 <p>But it was the Nazis who ultimately ruined the reputation of eugenic. This is because of their cruel racist authoritarian progressive approach. The Nazi approach was simply wrong and ineffective. The Arkian approach is almost the exact opposite of the Nazi approach. The Arkian approach is conservative with no compulsion.</p> 40
41 ` , 41 <p>Modern culture is psychopathic. Compare the behavior of modern culture to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy_Checklist#Items">Hare Psychopathy Checklist</a>. Everything designed by modern culture is horrible. And modern culture is dysgenic.</p>
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43 nurture: { 43 <p>Modern culture cannot produce good people. Like the bad tree that can't produce good fruit in Jesus's example, modern culture should be cut down and thrown into the fire.</p>
44 title: 'Nature versus Nurture', 44
45 content: `\ 45 <p>Modern culture is post-Christian Western culture that has gone global through the internet and is now dominant globally. The internet is the modern verson of the Tower of Babel.</p>
46 <p>An argument against eugenics is the position that nurture (environment) plays a much larger role than nature (genetics). The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_versus_nurture">nature versus nurture</a> debate is old, and I do not want to argue it here. The Arkian idea doesn't depend on this debate. The only assumption required for the Arkian idea to make sense is that children tend to have similar traits to their parents. Whether these traits as passed from parents to children by genetics or by upbringing makes no difference. So the nature versus nurture is only a debate about the means of transmission, not the question of whether a transmission from parents to children happens at all.</p> 46
47 47 <p>Why is modern culture the worst culture in history? Cultures have a natural life-cycle beginning with a rise and ending with a fall caused by decay. The culture ends when the decay causes the culture to be too dysfunctional to survive. Cultural decay is similar across historical cultures and is well <a href="/mikraite/Modern_Culture.html">described in the Old Testament</a>. What is different this time is that technology sustains modern culture beyond the normal point of collapse. Without modern technology, modern culture would collapse overnight. So modern culture is more decayed than any culture in history. Never has the world seen such a level of evil. Besides modern culture, we now also have a number of welfare cultures that are sustained by welfare rather than by technology. These culture are as bad as modern culture is. An example is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mountain-People-Colin-M-Turnbull/dp/0671640984/">The Mountain People</a> who live in an unnatural environment for them, in contrast to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Forest-People-Colin-Turnbull/dp/0671640992/">The Forest People</a> who live in a natural environment and feed themselves.</p>
48 <p>Let's consider again the question of how to "breed" good runners. Suppose that genetics plays no role in how fast people run. The above conservative breeding plan of adding fast runners to a breeding group, and removing slow runners, would still work as long as parents pass on running skills to their children by raising them to be fast runners. This breeding approach only fails if parents don't pass on running skill to their children by any means.</p> 48
49 49 <p>If you are not a psychopath, then you will fail at everything in modern culture. Fail at business, fail with women, fail at anything that involves people. Modern scum hate non-psychopaths. Since modern scum hate all good things, anything good you make will be hated by modern scum. To be successful at anything, you must leave modern culture.</p>
50 <p>In this case, why is Arkian described as "a eugenic intentional ethnicity"? Because I think of it that way because I believe in genetics. But if you don't believe in genetics, you can describe Arkian as "an intentional ethnicity of good breeding" where "good breeding" can cover either nature (genetics) or nurture (upbringing).</p>
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52 <p>The Arkian idea selects for intelligence and morality. While I personally believe that genetics plays a role in these traits, I also believe upbringing plays a role. Culture and religion are undoubtedly important factors. The Arkian approach selects for these traits regardless of their source.</p>
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56 title: 'What is ethnicity?',
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58 <p>Now I would like to discuss "ethnicity". According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_group">Wikipedia</a>:</p>
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60 <dd>An ethnic group or ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups such as a common set of traditions, ancestry, language, history, society, culture, nation, religion or social treatment within their residing area.</dd>
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62 <p>This should contrasted with "race" which is only based on ancestry. So race only means a genetic group. This meaning of "race" is modern. In the past, the terms "race" and "ethnicity" were more similar. But the modern distinction is clear and useful. The Arkian idea is not concerned with race, but only with ethnicity.</p>
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64 <p>For an ethnicity to form, the critical thing is for people to marry within the group. This is how the shared attributes are passed to the next generation. In general, any group that mostly marries within the group will become an ethnicity, while any group that mostly marries outside the group will not be an ethnicity.</p>
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68 title: 'The Arkian Idea', 53 title: 'The Arkian Idea',
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85 <p>Here I will describe cultural decay but not its root cause. One may say that children playing video games is a cause of decay, or a product of decay, or both. So one can't call this a root cause. It's confusing because cultural decay is like old age or a syndrome with many related factors. So here I will just be descriptive.</p> 70 <p>Here I will describe cultural decay but not its root cause. One may say that children playing video games is a cause of decay, or a product of decay, or both. So one can't call this a root cause. It's confusing because cultural decay is like old age or a syndrome with many related factors. So here I will just be descriptive.</p>
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87 <p>In <a href="fate.pdf">The Fate of Empires</a> Sir John Glubb gives an excellent summary of the life cycle of empires. And he points out that the lifespan of empires is typically 200 to 300 years. But anyone who has a serious interest in understanding how cultures rise and fall must read original source material from history. From this, it soon becomes clear that one usually can identify from the style of writing what phase of the civilization that writing came from. Writings from decaying cultures are generally stupid or reject reality. Writings from rising cultures are direct and try to address real-world problems.</p> 72 <p>In <a href="fate.pdf">The Fate of Empires</a> Sir John Glubb gives an excellent summary of the life cycle of empires. And he points out that the lifespan of empires is typically 200 to 300 years. But anyone who has a serious interest in understanding how cultures rise and fall must read original source material from history. From this, it soon becomes clear that one usually can identify from the style of writing what phase of the civilization that writing came from. Writings from decaying cultures are generally stupid or reject reality. Writings from rising cultures are direct and try to address real-world problems.</p>
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89 <p>Since the topic here is specifically cultural decay, I will mention some relevant descriptive writing from other cultures. The Old Testament does a great job in describing the decay of Israel/Judah from the beginning under King Solomon to the final fall of Judah to Babylon. Decaying Athens is well described in the comedies of Aristophanes. The beginning of Roman decay is described by Juvenal. Late Rome is described by Ammianus Marcellinus who I discussed <a href="https://saidit.net/s/nonmorons/comments/9e6y/the_antony_option/">here</a>.</p> 74 <p>Since the topic here is specifically cultural decay, I will mention some relevant descriptive writing from other cultures. The Old Testament does a great job in describing the decay of Israel/Judah from the beginning under King Solomon to the final fall of Judah to Babylon. Decaying Athens is well described in the comedies of Aristophanes. The beginning of Roman decay is described by Juvenal. Late Rome is described by Ammianus Marcellinus.</p>
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91 <p>One common feature of all decaying cultures is feminism and family instability. This is related to promiscuity and I will discuss the dysgenic effect of promiscuity later. For now I will just describe what happens. Once punishment for adultery (sex between a married woman and man other than her husband) becomes reduced, it becomes in women's genetic interest to become promiscuous. I discuss why below in <a href="#dysgenics">Genetic Decay - Dysgenics</a> and also in my post <a href="/mikraite/In_Defense_of_Feminism.html">In Defense of Feminism</a>. But the result is feminism which is essentially a slut power movement. This feminist degeneracy is described in many decaying cultures. The Old Testament describes it in decaying Israel, Aristophanes in decaying Athens, Juvenal and Apuleius in decaying Rome, and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Secret-History-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140455280/">Procopius</a> in Byzantium.</p> 76 <p>One common feature of all decaying cultures is feminism and family instability. This is related to promiscuity and I will discuss the dysgenic effect of promiscuity later. For now I will just describe what happens. Once punishment for adultery (sex between a married woman and man other than her husband) becomes reduced, it becomes in women's genetic interest to become promiscuous. I discuss why below in <a href="#dysgenics">Genetic Decay - Dysgenics</a> and also in my post <a href="/mikraite/In_Defense_of_Feminism.html">In Defense of Feminism</a>. But the result is feminism which is essentially a slut power movement. This feminist degeneracy is described in many decaying cultures. The Old Testament describes it in decaying Israel, Aristophanes in decaying Athens, Juvenal and Apuleius in decaying Rome, and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Secret-History-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140455280/">Procopius</a> in Byzantium.</p>
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93 <p>Beside the dysgenic effect, feminism causes family instability which harms the raising of children. So this directly harms the culture. Also men without stable wives are less committed to their society and so less likely to contribute to society. So feminism is an example of both a cause of decay and a product of decay. It is a product of deteriorating religion which results in lessening punishment for adultery which results in feminism. And it is a cause as I described.</p> 78 <p>Beside the dysgenic effect, feminism causes family instability which harms the raising of children. So this directly harms the culture. Also men without stable wives are less committed to their society and so less likely to contribute to society. So feminism is an example of both a cause of decay and a product of decay. It is a product of deteriorating religion which results in lessening punishment for adultery which results in feminism. And it is a cause as I described.</p>
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236 scripture: { 221 scripture: {
237 title: 'Old Testament Test', 222 title: 'Old Testament Test',
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239 <p>The first requirement is passing an <a href="/test.html">Old Testament test</a>. We may consider adding tests for other scriptures if there is an interest. The Old Testament is a fundamental religious text of western culture. Knowledge of the Old Testament shows at least willingness to learn religion, but quite possibly is a result of some commitment to religion.</p> 224 <p>The first requirement is passing an <a href="/test.html">Old Testament test</a>. The Old Testament is a fundamental religious text of western culture. Knowledge of the Old Testament shows at least willingness to learn religion, but quite possibly is a result of some commitment to religion.</p>
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241 <p>Note that this is a test of knowledge, not of faith. Since Arkians are not a religion, there should be no requirements of belief. Passing this test just proves that one isn't ignorant of religion. But what conclusions one reaches from one's religious knowledge is a personal matter.</p> 226 <p>Note that this is a test of knowledge, not of faith. Since Arkians are not a religion, there should be no requirements of belief. Passing this test just proves that one isn't ignorant of religion. But what conclusions one reaches from one's religious knowledge is a personal matter.</p>
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243 <p>One may argue that an immoral person can pass this test by studying. But why would he bother? What motivation would an immoral person have to go through all this trouble to become Arkian? A moral religious person would probably already have most of the knowledge needed for him to pass, and he should have more of a reason to become Arkian, so I think this test is an effective means of selecting for religious morality.</p> 228 <p>One may argue that an immoral person can pass this test by studying. But why would he bother? What motivation would an immoral person have to go through all this trouble to become Arkian? A moral religious person would probably already have most of the knowledge needed for him to pass, and he should have more of a reason to become Arkian, so I think this test is an effective means of selecting for religious morality.</p>
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266 <p>In the Old Testament, Amos 5:15 says "Hate evil and love good, and establish judgement in the gate.". Hating evil and loving good are not enough. One needs to have the judgement to distinguish between the two. The game of Go is fundamentally about developing judgement using analysis, experience, and study. The reason that children play games is to develop skills, and the skill that Go teaches is the skill of developing judgement. I believe that judgement is critical for correctly understanding and applying religion, so children who play Go will have a better understanding of their religion as adults.</p> 251 <p>In the Old Testament, Amos 5:15 says "Hate evil and love good, and establish judgement in the gate.". Hating evil and loving good are not enough. One needs to have the judgement to distinguish between the two. The game of Go is fundamentally about developing judgement using analysis, experience, and study. The reason that children play games is to develop skills, and the skill that Go teaches is the skill of developing judgement. I believe that judgement is critical for correctly understanding and applying religion, so children who play Go will have a better understanding of their religion as adults.</p>
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268 <p>Most Go resources advocate playing Go for all ages. I personally do not. I think games are mostly for children, while adults should focus on more practical things. So then why have a Go test for adults to become Arkian? Because the Go test just isn't that hard. A reasonably intelligent adult should be able to study Go and pass the test after a few weeks of serious study. Passing the test proves that he is serious about joining and that he is reasonably intelligent. Once he passes the test, he can forget about Go except for teaching it to his children.</p> 253 <p>Most Go resources advocate playing Go for all ages. I personally do not. I think games are mostly for children, while adults should focus on more practical things. So then why have a Go test for adults to become Arkian? Because the Go test just isn't that hard. A reasonably intelligent adult should be able to study Go and pass the test after a few weeks of serious study. Passing the test proves that he is serious about joining and that he is reasonably intelligent. Once he passes the test, he can forget about Go except for teaching it to his children.</p>
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272 title: 'Have Arkian Parents',
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274 <p>The previous two tests are to become Arkian. But one can also be born Arkian if one is born from an Arkian couple. This is to encourage Arkians to marry. This is eugenic and will help to protect your genetic future.</p>
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276 <p>The surest way to make one's children Arkian is to marry an Arkian. Doing this will ensure a quality spouse. This is clearly eugenic and should improve the genetic quality of one's children. Also note that the parents must be married for the child to be born Arkian. This is to encourage monogamy and to discourage promiscuity. Children born outside outside of marriage are not automatically Arkian.</p>
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280 title: 'Make Your children Arkian', 257 title: 'Make Your children Arkian',
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282 <p>Another requirement is to promise to try to make your children Arkian. This is what makes the Arkian idea work across generations. For your children to become Arkian, they must also promise to try to make their children Arkian, and so on across generations.</p> 259 <p>Another requirement is to promise to try to make your children Arkian. This is what makes the Arkian idea work across generations. For your children to become Arkian, they must also promise to try to make their children Arkian, and so on across generations. Making their children pass the Arkian tests requires children to be raised decently.</p>
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284 <p>Each Arkian has two options for making their children Arkian: either marry an Arkian or make their children pass the Arkian tests. Marrying an Arkian improves genetic quality. Making their children pass the Arkian tests requires children to be raised decently. Each option has a positive effect. Of course the best would be both: marry and Arkian and have one's children pass the Arkian tests. Doing both is encouraged but not required.</p> 261 <p>Not all of one's descendants will be Arkian. The worst won't be. The goal is simply to make sure that at least some of one's descendants won't become modern scum.</p>
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286 <p>Not all of one's descendants will be Arkian. The worst won't be. The goal is simply to make sure that at least some of one's descendants won't become mainstream moronic scum.</p>
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