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> The world will be inherited by the people who show up - Amish, evangelicals, conservative Muslims, orthodox Jews, etc. This isn't supported by basically any

• wtallis 10y ago
  The birth rates draw a pretty clear picture. But you have to also take into account that some of those people get an education and end up with mainstream beliefs rather than propagating regressive extremism.
  • mikeash 10y ago
    It's more than some. A huge number of secular liberals were raised as religious conservatives. Religion and politics are not transmitted the way genetic attributes are. Obviously there's a greater chance that you'll end up like your parents, but it's far from a given. If being overwhelmed by demographics with higher birth rates was something that could actually happen, it already would have happened, and low-birthrate populations never would have occurred in the first place.