Demographic Dangers & Declining Birth Rates, Part Four: Culture Wars, Morality, & Psychology.

Governments ignore demographic trends at their peril. Very few factors exert such strong influences on great power competition like changes in the size, capabilities & make-up of a nations population. Right-wing nationalist narratives are leveraging psychological factors including conservative predispositions to maximise their arguments for short-term gain over long-term stability.

Peter Winn-Brown
21 min readMay 19, 2023
A male peacock displays his tail feathers to advertise his vitality, fertility and health.
A male peacock displays his tail feathers advertising his vitality, fertility and health.

“…//…many political scientists and psychologists have argued against the notion that (an) individuals issue positions passively track their liberal–conservative ‘’team’’ preference. Instead, these researchers suggest that individuals are psychologically prepared (by their genes, childhood experiences, personality characteristics, positions in society, etc.) to adopt some policy positions more easily than others.”

Koleva, Graham, Iyer, Ditto & Haidt. (1).

Our political persuasions; not so much written in the stars, as written in our DNA?

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Peter Winn-Brown

The past can illuminate the present if we shine the light of inquiry openly, truthfully, with attention to detail & care for the salient facts.