• @vzq
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    181 month ago

    There are lots of hard working bright people that are literally dying to come work and live in your country. This is not a population problem. It’s a racism problem.

    • Arghblarg
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      121 month ago

      But immigration <> birth rate. Within 1 or 2 generations those new people will also not want to have kids since they won’t be able to afford anything either.

      • @vzq
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        1 month ago

        Call me when the global birth rate is falling. Until then it’s a local problem.

        And when the global birth rate is flattening I will throw a fucking party because we can finally start thinking about global sustainability.

        • sylver_dragon
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          230 days ago

          Call me when the global birth rate is falling.

          I’m sorry, I can’t hear you over the sound of the phone ringing.
          UN Data shows the Fertility Rate falling from ~2.7 Births per Woman in 2000 to ~2.3 Births per Woman in 2024. Here is a handy chart of the data from 1960 to 2021. Global birth rates have been falling for most of the 20th and 21st centuries. Barring a major shift in demographics, the world’s population should peak this century. That isn’t a terrible thing, and probably a good thing from a climate perspective. But, it will have economic consequences which we will need to deal with (aging populations, economic stagnation, shrinking workforces, shrinking economies). None of this has to be a problem, but those types of demographic changes can cause societal instability.

          • @vzq
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            129 days ago

            Don’t be sorry, it’s the best news I’ve heard all decade!

            The maddening thing is that you know the economic consequences would be easier to deal with a bit of solidarity, but we’re not going to.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      130 days ago

      The article is specifically about birth rate, not population decline. It also states that Americans are shrugging their shoulders and don’t consider it a problem. Nice job shoehorning racism into the conversation though.

      • @vzq
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        129 days ago

        Dude, this is just straight up nativist gibberish. It’s about racism. Racism is all it’s about.