Europe Is Entering a Death Spiral: How Immigrants Can Save It

Re:Europe Is Entering a Death Spiral: How Immigrants Can Sav... by 4gotunameagain on Monday January 10, 2022 @03:49AM (#29872050)

Europe needs less working hours, more subsidies and a smaller standard deviation / higher mean for salaries. Denmark is doing just that, and the birth rates are just fine.

Also, I should point out that the author is 19 years old. I hope he is an exception, but my views at 19 for complex geopolitical issues were simply rubbish

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Re:Europe Is Entering a Death Spiral: How Immigrants Can Sav... by walkhour on Monday January 10, 2022 @05:58AM (#29872989)

Birth rates in Sweden aren't just fine. Birth rates have plummeted consistently everywhere women have entered the workforce and discovered birth control.

After this no country has found a solution to the below replacement birth rate, despite all being aware of the problems that will come with it.

Besides stating them, can you provide a rationale why your proposals would be a solution, and why no country has successfully arrived to the same conclusions as you and implemented them?

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Re:Europe Is Entering a Death Spiral: How Immigrants Can Sav... by maxdesalle on Monday January 10, 2022 @05:04AM (#29872581)

The birth rate for Denmark isn't fine.

If you look at the World Bank numbers (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?location...), the birth rate is at 1.7 children per woman. This means the population is actively declining.

Generally, any birth rate below 2.1 means population decline (without taking immigration into account).

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Re:Europe Is Entering a Death Spiral: How Immigrants Can Sav... by raxxorrax on Monday January 10, 2022 @04:41AM (#29872428)

Agreed, at least for western and northern European countries. The strategy for the others may look differently.

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