We don't have to turn to ill-conceived hypotheticals; we have an accounting of the actual history, and there was no Cull-and-Denial of the Short Kings in Hollan

We don't have to turn to ill-conceived hypotheticals; we have an accounting of the actual history, and there was no Cull-and-Denial of the Short Kings in Holland. Their society just got richer and more egalitarian and everyone started biking a lot. Thus, everyone's kids grew taller.