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If this is true, given their birth rate, they will have to change, or run out of people to do things.
by coldcode 3y ago
If this is true, given their birth rate, they will have to change, or run out of people to do things.
- jalapenos 3y agoA reminder Japan's birthrate isn't a special case: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_fertility_rate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_f... Same as Spain and Jamaica, higher than China and Korea.
- brailsafe 3y agoCloser to Canada than Canada is to the U.S.
- zeroCalories 3y agoYou probably want to look at overall population growth, as many countries have young immigrants that contribute to their growth.
- jalapenos 3y agoNo, I don't. I'm specifically commenting on the Japan birthrate trope they reiterated.
- zeroCalories 3y agoI thought the topic was about countries running out of workers. Western countries are doing fine, as they're able to import workers.
- phendrenad2 3y agoThere's also the question of what a country even is anymore, other than a company that collects taxes when goods or money move across an arbitrary border, in exchange for using its brand image.
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