@gav@Griffith tbh I don't understand what the author is getting at.
Let me give an example: he mentioned nero as an example of a bad emperor of Rome, and indeed he was a bad emperor. But not every emperor since nero was bad and looked like a 21st century american. Yes, Commodus, Elgabalus, etc came after nero but not every emperor was like that; in fact there were many good and mediocre ones in-between; like Aurelian, Constantine, Theodosius.
If the argument being made is that once a society tips it's toes into friedelehe, (as decay/"leftism" is sometimes called in this article) it is going to be an inevitable and continous fall, then I have to disagree.
If the argument is that such friedelehe can do long term damage, some of which may never get healed, and that damage will ultimately lead to the fall of the empire (in spite of good emperors trying to fix it) then I agree.
@Griffith@FruitpilledPeachcel " Evidence for a Paternal Age Effect on Leftism Joseph Bronski OpenPsych " hes a guy from stats/race iq twitter who wrote a book on highschool being a scam while in highschool, its on libgen, thick with citations
basically leftism(or assertion to leftist ideas(lgbt feminism race)) is caused by accumulated random mutation(mutational pressure), since the age of fathers has increased(sperm produced acquire two de novo mutations per a year from the age of 7-9) and infant mortality has decreased, since the the selection pressure on who gets to breed has decreased each generation acquires a high load of random acmulated mutations causing leftism but also schizophrenia, verbal tilt, low intelligence, obessity, left handedness, poor health, various broad mental illness like depression or anxiety
joseph bronski is a pen name, he has a youtube a twitter and a substack