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Emil Kirkegaard Profile picture
@KirkegaardEmil
Aug 2, 2020 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
The Netherlands has the world's most democratic democracy. With 150 seats in their house, they have 13 parties in parliament right now!

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The only country where one can almost do a political compass with a full board.

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The reason for this pluralism is that countries differ in how many % a parties must at least get to have any seats. Most countries impose an artificial limit, called election threshold. Netherlands does not.

DK has 2nd lowest at 2%. 12 parties right now.

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Can Europe learn from Ghana? Buried on Wikipedia is a 3 sentence part about how Ghana deported 20% of the population -- 3 million people -- all the non-Ghanans. And it only took 3 months. The "Ghana Aliens Compliance Order" (GACO)

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In Germany, non-German students (anyone with "migration background") get lower grades and test scores. Image
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The decline of intelligence, as measured by genetic scores. Image
The decline of intelligence estimated by fertility and intelligence correlations by country. Image
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New Dutch results on immigration. Sobering as usual. There are 3.7 million foreigners in the Netherlands. Image
One can calculate a given person's contribution to the state budget by adding up all their contributions (revenue) and subtracting all of their costs. Doing so gives a net contribution metric. Dutch people are c. net 0, and the others groups net negatives. Image
There's a lot of variation though. Numbers for the first generation can be very positive or negative. It's easier to get very positive values because many people arrive after having finished their education, so begin working immediately. Many of them leave before pension too. Image
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It fits suspiciously well with the onset of dysgenic fertility in NW Europe, or at least the UK. Image
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