🧵 Had European immigration policies been more 'xenophobic' and leftist opinions disregarded, European cities would be much safer today, and European women would face fewer rapes and assaults.

Not all European countries collect or publish detailed data on the race/ethnicity of offenders (some publish data on nationality, which is misleading), but the evidence is overwhelming nonetheless. ⬇️ 🇩🇪 In Germany, non-Westerners have significantly higher crime rates, and that is especially striking when it comes to rapes and robberies. The suspect rate for rapes and sexual assaults is 10-15 times higher among Afghans and Africans than among Germans.

"The data show that an increase in government provided old-age pensions is strongly correlated with a reduction in fertility."

nber.org/papers/w11146

Predictably, when the government hijacks the social role that belonged to the family, the family (and fertility) will decline. x.com/GuthmannR/stat… Any serious attempt to boost fertility in a meaningful way would have to focus on abolishing the pension state, the welfare state, and income tax for married parents, as well as defunding public education. Also, deregulate housing and slash the regulatory bureaucracy in general.