Slobodian 63: "So-called climate theories of racial origins underpinned the racism of alt-right libertarians by the end of the twentieth century"
The theory, in a nutshell, argues that "populations that persisted in warmer climates failed to develop higher forms of cognition and physical ability because of the relative absence of challenges in acquiring food and surviving"
"none of these versions of human evolution stand up to the actual science of physical anthropology"
> from Quinn Slobodian's Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right (2024)
> tagged with #anthropology, #fuckwits, #intelligence, #race, #climate
> created September 3, 2026 at 2:55:31 PM
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