Re:U.S. Fertility Rate Falls to Record Low
by fooker on Thursday April 25, 2024 @08:28PM
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>someplace less equipped to deal with it
I think China's approach would become the blueprint for third world countries eventually dealing with this.
Unfortunately China doesn't seem to have an approach yet, other than doubling down on more and more authoritarian measures to lock down the economy.
> Unfortunately China doesn't seem to have an approach yet, other than doubling down on more and more authoritarian measures to lock down the economy.
IIRC, they've only tried carrots so far, which hasn't worked. My bet is they'll turn to sticks, sooner rather than later, and have a lot of experience with them due to the one child policy.
I wouldn't be surprised if they start to fine the childless and/or limit childless women's advancement opportunities at work.
Re:U.S. Fertility Rate Falls to Record Low
by sarimkx on Thursday April 25, 2024 @06:10PM
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Yes I agree, birth rates are down everywhere. Interestingly they are rapidly declining in countries where most of these legal migrants come from.
I do not agree with emigration controls. At least not in the next 50 years!
That assumes birthrates elsewhere are high enough to sustain that, but they're declining everywhere. Immigration is basically just exporting the low birthrate problem to someplace less equipped to deal with it (which is par for the course for rich, western countries).
I expect we'll start to see emigration controls in the not too distant future.