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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by throwaway2037 on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @12:10PM (#48462977) 

    > French people just stopped having babies one century before other European countries
I'm not here to doubt this statement. Rather, I want to know: Why did this trend occur in France? I am curious to learn more.
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Re:Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M by stymaar on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @12:18PM (#48463107)
That's a tough question, really. AFAIK the causes of the demographic transition in general are heavily debated among specialists and if we cannot exactly pinpoint what's driving the decline of birthrates happening right now, it's going to be even harder to pinpoint the causes for something that happened more than two centuries ago.
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