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How do these Natalists feel about the African continent?

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Right, but this can be resolved with immigration.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month 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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (4 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month 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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

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

If you already know French, can you get an “in” immigration wise?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah but no more of an “in” than knowing English. Immigration policy is controlled by the federal government which only cares if you know one of the two official languages of the country (or not).

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month 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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month 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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds like a job for immigration.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month 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:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I too subscribe to Kurzgesagt!

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month 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

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The thing that colors babies is melanin

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The 14 Words: The New Generation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

"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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