MissAnthropy
2011-05-05 23:30:29
Sometimes I wonder if the massive casualties of WWI closely followed by WWII didn’t deal something of a genetic body blow to Europe. It seems almost a case of classic selection, with the bravest becoming machine gun fodder in a new, never before seen industrialized slaughter, while the more feckless and craven sort were left behind to exert a disproportionate influence on the genetics of the population.
