urban darwin

THE UNDERCLASS

In the olden days men selected women to be their mate based on the probability on giving birth and raising healthy offspring to reproductive age. This evolved preference included child bearing hips, ample breasts, and a overall healthy bodytype. An aesthetically pleasing face would not directly affect genetic transmission success but obviously increased the attention received from the opposite sex. In the olden days women submitted to a suitor based on his ability to provide protection and appearance of healthy genetic traits. Parenting skills that transferred health and stability to the next generation had an advantage. Natural selection was responsible for the bulk of the human race up into the industrial revolution. A reward in genetic terms is the propagation of ones own dna. But since the industrial revolution the reward is much easier to obtain without darwinian filtering. Women die less frequently during childbirth. Conception and carrying a child to term are achieved at a much higher rate. Infants regularly advance into adulthood now that disease and nature are more in check. In fact, the reward is a disincentive for people the more materially rich they are (the irony of post modernism ) due to increased financial burdens and the availability of 'safe sex.' Those left having many offspring are generally poorer, less intelligent (due to high correlation between wealth and intelligence), and of weaker dna/parenting skills (weaker as defined by the pre-industrial revolution natural selection process). But current societal advancement perpetuates this demographic through the marvels of modern science and socialist transfer payment supports. In the olden days rampant promiscuity was kept in check by famine, disease, warfare and societal pressure. But in post modern deconstructivist society, uber promiscuity is rewarded (the propagation of ones dna) and assuming that the trait is learned via environment and/or genes it is perpetuated ad-infinitum, with the possibility of overrunning the more selective.