THE JUNGLE REPORT

The Futurist is a new great blog I have discovered recently. I have added it to my blog roll, in the right column.

It offers a look at “The Jungle” on a much higher intellectual plane. There is no information on the author of this blog, but he/she has certainly provided something valuable in terms of intellectual thought provocation.

On the one hand, I am envious of it, on the other hand, I’m in awe of it. As this offers me something to strive towards here at The Jungle Report. I would encourage you all to pay a visit, and give it a read. Be warned, it is not for the politically correct herd.

In its latest column, The Futurist analyzes the successful societies and compares them to the non-successful societies on the earth. A great point made is that the success is not dependant on the race or color, but of the society culture developed over centuries.

Here is a quote:

Cultures of specific ethnic groups are formed over the the course of centuries, not just decades. The early inhabitants of Australia and New Zealand (and Canada) were already conditioned with centuries of Anglo-Saxon Protestant culture, wherein the necessary ingredients of democracy, industry, and rule of law were already internalized. Hence, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, despite being on separate paths for two centuries, still have produced remarkably similar outcomes. At the other end of the scale, Haiti gained independence in 1804, yet is still the only country in the Western Hemisphere with African levels of poverty - even Mexico is a paradise by comparison. Liberia is a country created for freed US slaves to return to in order to create a new home in Africa, with a constitution modeled off of the US constitution, and with ongoing benefits of US financial aid and mentorship. Nonetheless, Liberia is no more advanced that the traditional African countries that surround it.

This does not mean, however, that poor societies do not have great individuals or that it is not capable of greatness. And this does not mean that societies cannot change over time. What it does mean is the the culture that permeates in the society limits the potential greatness of those individuals and of society itself.

The Futurist, then, makes a superb analogy of the “wheel barrow” effect. A wheel barrow has the potential of moving great loads, however, it cannot move by itself! It needs another person, an external force to move that load.

India, as pointed out, was as poor as some African nations up until the 70s. However, Indians living abroad are one of the wealthiest groups, even more so than average whites. Similar point is made about the Chinese. This just goes to show that the embedded culture of the land has a lot to do with the success of individuals, and thus the success of societies.

I have discussed some aspects of the Indian culture in my previous articles, The Duality of India, and Driving Habits in Bangalore, India.

The wheel barrow effect is now active with India, as the successful Indians abroad are helping to push the “wheel barrow”.

Blacks in America, who are part of the “multicuturalists” are a great example of this. As they have tried to “preserve” their culture and keep their solidarity, they have not been able to share in the success of the American society. The few that have prospered, and done well, but don’t adhere to the cultural preservation, are looked down upon and labeled as sellouts.

Even with the government sponsored welfare programs of the past 50 years, that have poured billions upon billions of dollars to the Blacks, they have not been able to keep up with the larger society. “Group think” (and vote) mentality has been disastrous for the Blacks, as 90% of them vote and think alike as told and preached by their leaders.

We’ll have more on this topic in details later (group think and vote). Suffice it to say, the culture developed within society has a lot to do with success and failure of it, as evidenced by the culture developed by the Anglo-Saxons compared to the cultures developed elsewhere, such as Africa, India, East Asia, …