[extropy-chat] Romans (was Economic consensus on immigration)

[Amara Graps]

spike:
>Racial suicide?  What is that?

A little tongue-in-cheek, 'racial suicide' is a concept sometimes used
as propaganda, that has fueled a number of unpleasant campaigns in world
history. It means that a particular race is reduced to no longer being
recognizable, due to the mixing ("in-breeding") of other races. In my
example, I was suggesting that the Romans could have assimilated
themselves out of existence by absorbing/breeding with/etc. other
races and cultures.

In my discussion of Romans/Etruscans, a second alternative I should have
suggested instead of the Romans assimilating the Etruscans, was the
Etruscans assimilating the Romans. I don't think you can separate the
two very easily.

Amara

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