@esrtweet I have read that most criminals are more deterred by a certain punishment than by a severe one that is not certain. Is there a low chance they will be executed? Meh, doesn't change their behavior. It makes me wonder if we should bring back whipping, and the whipping would be

@stevehalangri This is fairly standard criminology, and fits the model that most criminals have high time preference and little ability to think about hypothetical futures. Yes, I've been inclined to agree with Robert Heinlein about this for many decades, ever since reading Starship Troopers.

@esrtweet ESR - I hope you don't/resist equating correlation between race and crime (probably true, strong & practically useful) with causation. Crossing that line mens believing there is no solution, sliding towards eugenic extremism.

@adityamalik I believe the cause of crime, in the large, is low IQ and high time preference. There are exceptions, but this is the rule. Smart people who can defer gratification have more effective, less risky ways to get what they want. Stupidity and high time preference are not

@esrtweet What does “low time preference” mean? I’ve never heard this term before.

@bmm8702 Low time preference is the ability to defer gratification because larger rewards in the future mean as much to you, or more, then smaller rewards in the present. It's very closely coupled to IQ.

@esrtweet The black population in Europe probably is similar in IQ distribution to that in the US. They are likely poorer in absolute terms, but similar in societal deciles. They do not have the same socialisation as in the USA. Would be useful to check the rates of incarceration, violent

@esrtweet Did a deep dive on it. The strongest correlation for homicide rates isn't racial makeup, it's broken, fatherless, homes. It doesn't really change the outcome but it does shine a light on why the welfare state has been such a disaster for the country. In the short term these

@esrtweet The trial of Daniel Penny is the predictable outcome for any White who tries to stop a violent black from terrorizing, harming, and even killing people. There are psychopaths in positions of power who release these bioweapons on us intentionally. It's criminal to fight back.

@esrtweet I understand your sentiment, and it’s important you—and those like yourself—realize that there is a population of black people (admittedly small, but growing) who have been more vocal about this problem and have more aggressive solutions. The issue is, you’re new to the party,

@esrtweet I wonder about the lynchings also. There were certainly egregious cases like black man whistling at white woman. But what was the median or even 90th percentile case? We would only be taught the outrageous cases, and they seem few in number, which seems to answer the question.

@esrtweet The mistake in your reasoning is that you don't see that whites were the first and longest slaves, that whiteness of skin is a physical sign of the demoestication of a race. Whites rebelled and governed themselves and their own civilizations and took their own slaves. We then

@esrtweet One of the most disturbing thoughts that I’ve had as I’ve tried to process everything that’s happening is the idea that racism and sexism were, in fact, protective and functioned for the net benefit of everyone involved, including those who were subject to them I’m not sure I’m

@esrtweet This shit doesn't happen with strict law-enforcement. In my county (Montgomery county, TX), maximum sentences for crime are routine. We also have zero Democrats elected to public office at any level. In Harris county (Houston), just south, it's worse, and a Democrat enclave.

@esrtweet Ditto. And I am recently aware that we are not even the same species of hominid. Arabs, Asians, and Caucasians are different races, but they are still the same species. Africans diverged from our common ancestor more than 300k years ago.

@esrtweet Containing the black population imposes non-trivial costs on the rest of the society for an indefinite time. The question is: why would the American society be willing to bear such costs?

@esrtweet Welcome to the bitter reality. Not what I wanted either, but my path here started with this…. Plato states clearly the four types of intelligence. That which we call iq measures only the top two.

@esrtweet Whatever you do, don't start looking into what was going on in Germany in the 1920s. Don't read "Voluptuous Panic", don't watch Babylon Berlin, and do not search for "Bavarian Soviet".

@esrtweet I agree with every bit of this except the part involving race. It is quite possible to arrest criminals and protect the innocent in a race-blind manner. If that *winds up* disproportionately locking up minorities, I don’t care about that either. I really do care about the

@esrtweet It's not just that the blacks' minds are of low IQ, but also that their hearts are full of hate and resentment against whites. I mean of course the real kind of hate, not "you hate me because you disagree with me."

@esrtweet In what world does a schizo dude become the representative for his entire race? Just admit it, Musks algorithm has been feeding you non-stop wignat agit prop slop and you’ve been slurping it down day after day straight from the tap. Weak mind, one shotted by the algo. Sad.

@esrtweet the whole of this (and numerous other adjacent topics) puts me in the mind of chesterton's fence. "we don't need X, let's get rid of cash bail, prisons, police, and accountability. let's call predators victims and the inability to think in future conditional mood a reason for

@esrtweet We need a strict justice system where individuals who commit crimes are punished, but those who don't, aren't. Race and statistical likelihoods are neither crimes nor excuses, and should be ignored.

@esrtweet You cannot vote your way out of this. We may have to shoot our way out.

@esrtweet "The moment the men who wanted to be left alone are forced to fight back, it is a form of suicide. They are literally killing off who they used to be. Which is why, when forced to take up violence, these men who wanted to be left alone, fight with unholy vengeance against those

@esrtweet Fellow Andrew Branca viewer? This criminal had been locked up before but repeatedly offended after release. We need to return a place in society where we lock up violent offenders for life, irrespective of racial incarceration percentages. If we do not, less polite solutions

@esrtweet ESR, I grew up in Africa and have seen it all. You Americans have no idea re the level of violence they are capable of. Just this weekend 3 Sudanese with pangas hacked a 12yr old boy to death in the suburbs of Melbourne, for no reason.

@esrtweet The "societies" capable of doing either of those things are called "civilization". Every other society is savage. So take your pick, you're with civilization or with the savage.

@esrtweet Don’t despair. This can be fixed within the legal system and due process. But, we need to purge the judges. And/or, state legislatures need to pass mandatory minimum sentencing laws that are decades long for first violent offense & life in prison without parole for the 3rd of any

@esrtweet You're right. The next step in your journey of loss of innocence will be to realize who is creating the conditions where we have to live with these savages. It's mainly three forces. One is Christians, who see all people as equal and are desperate to fill the churches as more

@esrtweet It’s telling that the legacy media are purposely putting this in the memory hole. It’s nowhere to be found in “the news,” and Wikipedia has the article on track for deletion.