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What are r and K?
r and K come from evolutionary ecology, where they describe two fundamental psychologies seen in nature, designed to adapt an organism to either a glut or a shortage.
Rabbits are r-strategists, designed to exploit free resources, like fields of grass. The five psychological traits inherent to the r-strategy are docility/conflict-avoidance, promiscuity/non-monogamy, single-mom'ing, early sexualization of young, and no loyalty to a competitive in-group. All help this glut-exploiting psychology to out-reproduce everyone else.
Wolves are K-strategists, designed for when resources are too limited for everyone to survive. The five traits of a K-strategist are competitiveness/ aggressiveness/protectiveness, competitive mate monopolization/ monogamy, high-investment two-parent rearing, only mating when mature, and high loyalty to one's competitive in-group. All these traits either help you win, or produce fitter offspring, so they will win.
Our political battle is one between a glut-exploiting reproductive strategy of rabbits and a shortage-surviving reproductive strategy of wolves. The swings between conservatism and liberalism at the societal level are not the result of logical argument or reasoned debate. They are the result of psychological shifts produced by perceptions of K-stimuli in the environment such as conflict, danger, and shortage, or r-stimuli, such as safety, pleasure, and abundance. These perceptions trigger ancient mechanisms in the brain that adapt psychology to environment. All of politics and much of history are r vs K.
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- Narcissism and the Fractured Amygdala
- How r- and K-type Psychologies Affect Societies, and What This Means for our Political Dialog
- Touching the Raw Amygdala: An Analysis of Liberal Debate Tactics
- DRD4 Long Form Variant (7r) - A Genetic Correlate Between Liberalism and Homosexuality - The Extreme r-Hypothesis of Homosexuality
- Neurological Correlates of Political Ideology and Homosexuality - The Extreme r-Hypothesis of Homosexuality
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Thanks for these. Especially the book on Narcissists. My wife is the daughter of a narcissist mother (and she’s the “scapegoat”) and your book along with several of the online resources for children of narcissistic mothers (like this one http://echorecovery.blogspot.com/ ) have helped her understand her mom (who is thankfully dead now) and why her family sucks … and helped her to get beyond much of it.
As interesting as r/K is for explaining the “whys” of the left, the Narcissism and “liberalism as a variation on NPD” are actually more useful for actually doing battle with the left.
Been having fun putting your amygdala tweaking tactics into practice with liberals both online and in person for the last year or so.
I’m grateful you guys have your freedom. The world can be a beautiful, peaceful place. Also always happy to have been of help with amygdala tweaking libbies.
I have these books already but thanks for sharing them, these books along with Vox Day’s SJW’s Always Lie are among the most important books of the 21st century.
Thank you for the honor of the compliment.
Hey AC,
what do you think of CSR theory as a refinement of r/K? I read a bit about it from an author named Grimes. Roughly, a third category is proposed called C (in the theory S corresponds to what we call K). C organisms are larger than Ks, reach sexual maturity rapidly, have more offspring than K but less than R (as well as lifespans intermediate between R and K), and are highly territorial and enterprising, seeking to capture and monopolize resouces. The idea is that there is a tradeoff between reproducing, maintenance, and expansion to exploit new resources which a C does. Capybara, Alpine marmot, and European Harvest Mouse are the examples I found of C, S, and R, but I couldn’t find info about the social habits of these animals.
I thank you as well. I just finished Evo-Psych, and it was very informative. The narcissist book looks to be more of an applied nature, and I immediately started reading it upon finishing Evo-Psych. The amygdala hijack looks to be a useful tool. Next up: sort through the people I know to see just how many narcissists I’ve been dragging along.