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How do these Natalists feel about the African continent?

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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 62 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Antinatalism what what - don't make fresh when plenty actual living kids need rescuing.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 10 months ago

Adopt, don't ~~shop~~ breed!

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I watched a video recently on how South Korea is pretty fucked because of their declining birth rate. 2.1 is fine by me.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 42 points 10 months ago (5 children)

There is nothing bad about going back to a sustainable population level. The cost for raising a child is greater than the cost for taking care of elderly. When elderly die that frees up resources for the next generation making it even easier.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (5 children)

The problem with declining population is the huge bubble pop you get when the population is mostly elderly people and few workers.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Right, but this can be resolved with immigration.

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

That's not a solution, that's just outsourcing the childbirth

[–] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Immigration isn’t ‘outsourcing childbirth’, it’s investing in the future of our country. People who come here, build lives, and raise families contribute just as much to our communities as anyone born here. Their children are American in every meaningful way. That’s not a loophole, that’s the foundation of our nation. If we start drawing lines around who counts as a 'real' solution based on origin, we’re moving away from what has always made America strong.

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[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Maybe in the west. Not in places like South Korea or Japan. Even if you got the populations to buy in to immigration 100%, you’ve got an impossible task convincing immigrants to learn the language.

English’s hegemony over the world makes immigration to non-English-speaking areas a huge problem. Quebec, for example, tries mightily to force immigrants to learn French and the results are quite ugly in Quebec politics.

[–] Aoife@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I mean you're presupposing that it's important to convince immigrants to learn the language. Maybe multiculturualism is okay actually

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Learning the local language is a survival skill. It doesn’t require forgetting your first language nor does it mean the end of your culture.

The issue is that groups of immigrants can form enclaves where they speak their own language but not the local language. This has the effect of making them “second class” and limiting both their economic opportunities and their overall contribution to society.

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[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

you’ve got an impossible task convincing immigrants to learn the language.

Do we? The languages aren't that hard, people learn languages all the time especially if they move.

Just make it a requirement for citizenship, offer classes, etc. I'm picking up 2 languages right now, 1 for work and 1 for my new home in Europe. The human brain does things.

Quebec, for example, tries mightily to force immigrants to learn French and the results are quite ugly in Quebec politics.

Ok, so I actually speak some french (from school), and that's not about it not being English, it's just that French is a shit language to push for no reason.

Tell Quebec to switch to Spanish, everyone will be happier.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Most people don't want to learn another language they want to do other stuff.

Example: me, I want to do other stuff.

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[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

This is Asia we're talking about. The land of robots. They'll be fine.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (7 children)

The cost for raising a child is greater than the cost for taking care of elderly

Holy [citation needed], Batman!

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

True, but the lack of productive workers and the thinned tax base will crash the country while it all balances out. Only way to make a smooth transition is to slaughter the elderly, which is largely what will happen, just not on purpose.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

If 10 dependents per 2 workers (6 kids, 4 elderly) didn't crash the country in 1950, then having more workers per dependent in 2040 won't either.

The only people who suffer from a population decline are the idle wealthy because their income comes from skimming profit from the workers.

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (5 children)

You keep bringing up the same point but do you plan on just letting seniors rot? We literally don't have the workers to care for the elderly AND run society. Demographic collapse is a real issue

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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a job for immigration.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 3 points 10 months ago

Ideally, sure. SK would have to change a lot for that to work, and that does not happen in a hurry. As far as the US is concerned, :gestures_widely:

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

I too subscribe to Kurzgesagt!

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[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 32 points 10 months ago

Natalism (also called pronatalism or the pro-birth position) is a policy paradigm or personal value that promotes the reproduction of human life as an important objective of humanity and therefore advocates a high birthrate.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalism

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The thing that colors babies is melanin

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago

And a lot of other things if you paint them with it

[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The 14 Words: The New Generation.

"Natalists" are right-wingers brainwashed into "shitting out" workers for the capitalists. It's not even about the white race, just about providing more wage-slaves.

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