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Germany’s birth rate fell to the lowest level in more than a decade last year, adding to concerns about how a shrinking workforce may dent the country’s economic prospects.

Figures released Wednesday by the Federal Institute for Population Research (BIB) showed that German women were having 1.36 children on average in fall 2023, compared with 1.57 in 2021.

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[–] nehal3m 56 points 6 months ago (6 children)

God damn I’m so tired of the inclination to worry about the economy first and only then fucking EXTINCTION.

The economy should serve us, and the direction we choose to go, not the other god damn way around.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You just discovered how capitalism works!

[–] nehal3m 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I know how capitalism works, which is the complaint. If we have to sacrifice a liveable world to make the economy work, then it doesn't work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

True that. Now convince the rich ones in power that it does work for.

[–] nehal3m 2 points 5 months ago

We live on the same planet, they don’t have a lifeboat. Also, as mentioned by someone earlier in the thread, it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. If we’re gonna live I imagine we’ll have to figuratively eat the rich. Literally if we don’t.

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