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Re:Third of Japan's 18-year-olds women may never have childr... by xyzzy4747 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @11:25AM (#37338680)
You need a large population to support big industries and it helps tech innovation as well.
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Re:Third of Japan's 18-year-olds women may never have childr... by stephc_int13 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @11:48AM (#37339084)
Taiwan population is not that large (23M), and yet they can support a pretty convincing semiconductor industry.

I agree that we need a reasonable amount of people to build and maintain large projects, millions, not billions.

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Re:Third of Japan's 18-year-olds women may never have childr... by xyzzy4747 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @03:26PM (#37342433)
They sell to a much larger population. If they could only sell to themselves they wouldn't have built such a large industry.
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