Progressives & Liberals, You Have Only Two Choices for Your Future: Islamic State, or Israeli-Style Communes

Robin Hanson’s articles about fertility have earned a lot of attention, including from Professor Glenn Reynold’s Instapundit blog. His points overall are great, but he misses one critical factor: war.

Overall, Robin Hanson points out that the only human communities producing enough children to sustain a population indefinitely into the future are a few (not all) ultra-religious sects like the Amish and orthodox Jews.* This observation suggests that…