Who’s drowning in the Mediterranean? Europeans desperate to reach the Middle East & Africa or MENA residents trying to reach Europe? Why is western civilization everyone’s goal? Yes I know Western countries are richer and freer, but why? How come 97% of discoveries in science, technology & medicine of past 1,000 years occurred in Western Civilization? Yes, Fred, I know gunpowder was invented in China—I explain that. Only countries with monogamous marriage developed civilization. No exceptions. When sex is surrounded by rules, rituals, & restraint, intelligence increases in that culture. The reverse is also frighteningly true. Why some countries flourish while others fail. A clue: some countries encourage property ownership—others don’t. What you should tell your children and what you should omit. The impending extinction of the European Union.

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