Scenario: Breeding war

From Future

Theist extremists, including those that are muslims, christians, and jews alike, have taken to breeding at a very high rate. They do so because they have noticed that offspring usually have the same character traits as their parents, due to the genes. They therefore make a point of breeding the genes of their underlying character trait- vulgar disruptiveness. Despite the fact that genetic determinism is the most pure and extreme form of naturalism, to which such theist extremists would supposedly be vehemently opposed, they continue on with such extreme hypocrisy because they know that it gets results. There are also some secular atheist materialists, who are true genetic determinists, who likewise breed at a high rate. A few of the theist extremist breeders spy on atheist groups so as to attempt to nullify any propositions to breed. Since the theist extremists delude themselves into believing that atheists are necessarily arrogant, such theist extremist spies sometimes appeal to atheists' supposed sense of arrogance when trying to persuade them not to breed, and that often gives away the spy.

The theist extremist breeders are acting in most parts of the world, some more than others. In some places that are relatively lacking in theist extremists, the theist extremists are immigrating, particularly in Europe and Anglo America. In Europe, it is muslims from the middle east. In Anglo America, it is fundamentalist catholics from Latin America. The fundamentalist catholics are specificly targetting the more secular areas of the United States.

The theist extremists sometimes use the tactic of libellously stating that people that oppose their rise to power are being intolerant/bigoted/racist or religious zealots (projecting their own trait onto their enemies), as if they were merely trying to exist rather than trying to take over. The rallying cries of 'intolerant/bigot/racist' or 'religious zealot' or some other such libellous variant are used to incite violence against the people that would try to stop their rise to power.

The foreseeable consequence of this ongoing heavy reproduction is clear: The theist extremists and the atheist genetic determinists will competitively breed with eachother, and eventually the offspring and power of both groups will crowd-out everyone else. The two sides will compete for the limited resources that are necessary to sustain life, especially farmland. The planet will thus be pushed to it's ecological limits by the burgeoning population. There is a notable difference between the beliefs of theist extremists and atheist genetic determinists regarding population: The theist extremists believe that the world can not possibly become overpopulated, whereas the atheist genetic determinists see that the world can become overpopulated, but breed heavily for the sake of the greater good. Due to the competition over limited resources, ugly conflict of various sorts will ensue.

To consolidate their power, both groups will concentrate in particular jurisdictions, particularly those which are especially secular or theocratic. In the United States, the theist extremists will concentrate themselves in various 'bible belt' states of the southeast and the central plains, whereas the atheist genetic determinists will concentrate themselves in the western states, especially Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and Alaska.

Humanity will separate into 2 geneticly-distinct species, each of which is much more powerful than the general human species from which it derived. Natural selection will cause each of the 2 species to grow more extreme with time, since more strongly ideological people are more committed to reproduction and power. As the 2 species become polarized, there will be aesthetic selection within each species, in which each species selects the aesthetic traits that are preferred by their fundamental character. The atheist genetic determinists will select fine, beautiful features, as the theist extremists will select crude, vulgar features. Such selection of physical traits has already been occurring for millennia, but in a more polarized world, it will be more pronounced. In locations where members of the 2 species co-exist (such as sidewalks, retail stores, and other public facilities within non-polarized jurisdictions), some people would even wear masks and loose baggy clothing so as to conceal which species they belong to. Due to the fundamental character traits of the 2 species being opposite to eachother, the 2 species would consequently be opposite in numerous ways- opposite in beliefs, opposite in ideals, opposite in physical features, opposite in aesthetic preferences, opposite in demeanor, and opposite in behaviors.

There are however presently far fewer atheist genetic determinist breeders than there are theist extremist breeders, perhaps less than 1 percent as many. A breeding war between the theist extremists and the atheist genetic determinists, in which the atheist genetic determinists have enough people to stand a chance against their rivals, is thus the best-case scenario for the secular side. The other, more likely scenario, is that the theist extremists will easily take over, encountering only little resistance on the way from minuscule pockets of atheist genetic determinist breeders.

As a heads-up for the future, this is what extreme theocracy looks like:

1. People that have not yet reached adulthood will be required to do more functionless symbolic labor than they do now. In the United States, this consists of 'homework', and in muslim countries, it consists of memorizing and reciting the Koran.
2. A person's income will be determined not by their knowledge and aptitudes, but by how much time and labor they have spent in a subservient position (as in a college student, an intern, or a bottom-rung worker). Consequently, gerontocracy will result. This is already the case to a great extent, but it will be made more extreme.
3. All food must be eaten in the form of communal meals.
4. Children will all be required to be taught the existence of some ridiculous fantasy character (such as Santa Claus), who rewards or punishes children with toys/candy/etc. or coal/ash/feces/etc.
5. Science fiction and fantasy media, and various beautiful visual art and music, will be banned. The media will contain plenty of vulgar things, like people in bright-colored smiley-faced costumes, which children will be required to watch.
6. Being in solitude for more than a few hours at a stretch will be illegal. Introverts will be libellously diagnosed as autistic, schizoid, and/or schizotypal, forcibly drugged, and put into mental institutions, in which they will be forced to laboriously show their dedication to a monotheist god.
7. Abortion will be illegal, especially in cases where the fetus has a serious defect.
8. Eugenic breeding will be illegal.
9. Transhumanist genetic modification that is used to fix natural human flaws will be illegal.
10. Genetic modification of food plants will be illegal.
11. Assisted suicide will be illegal, though it already is.
12. Failed attempts at suicide will be punished harshly.
13. Not only will polygamy be illegal, but polyamory will be illegal, including cuddle parties, as will having an unmarried live-in partner.
14. Public nudity will be illegal in all places, even in nude beaches.
15. Nudity, sex, and violence will be censored out of all media. Likewise banned from all media will be partial nudity, tight-fitting form-showing clothing, and the bouncing or jiggling motion of breasts.
16. Prostitution will be illegal, which it already is in most places. Also illegal will be services which sometimes lead to sex, particularly massage parlors and escort services.
17. Nude dancer theaters will be illegal.
18. The age of consent will be 18 years of age or higher, and there will be no close-in age exemption. Violators will be punished no less harshly than child-rapists.
19. Ingestion of alcohol will be illegal.
20. No person will be allowed to hold a position of power if they do not believe in a supreme being, i.e. a monotheist god.
21. The court testimony of any person that does not believe in a supreme being will be considered inadmissible, such that any act of aggression may be made against non-believers without fear of legal retribution, as is already the case in Saudi Arabia.
22. All currency will say 'IN GOD WE TRUST' or something similar, though it already does in the United States.
23. Male circumcision (prepuce amputation) will be more prevalent, and in some jurisdictions, mandatory.
24. Female circumcision (clitoris amputation), which is common in The Sudan and eastern Africa, will become more prevalent.
25. Breast-ironing, which is currently practiced in and around Cameroon, will become more prevalent.