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Re:For many young South Koreans, dating is too expensive, or... by pharke on Sunday May 12, 2019 @08:24AM (#19891472)
The issue here isn't a slight decrease in population. Japan is facing a projected decline of 1/4 of their population by 2050. A change of that magnitude will mean severe consequences for their economy and overall culture. Even China has abandoned their one child policy and now has a birth rate of 1.6. We're sailing into uncharted territory where our only comparable previous experiences are famines or plagues.
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Re:For many young South Koreans, dating is too expensive, or... by distant_hat on Monday May 13, 2019 @12:43AM (#19896478)
The problem isn't just that the total population is declining. It is that the dependent population relative to working population is increasing. This leads to all sorts of distortions to how things are supposed to be.
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