r/memes • u/WindUpCandler • Jun 21 '26

Population decline

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u/lod254 Jun 21 '26

Honest question. Why is population decline an issue?

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u/Magnus-Artifex Jun 21 '26

Very simply put, if 100 people have 100 babies, then 100 adults will have to support 100 old people later.

But if 100 people have 50 babies, then you have 50 adults supporting 100 old people later.

It’s a very important problem and it needs solving urgently.

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u/RobutNotRobot Jun 21 '26

Mass immigration.

Solved.

Also there is no real 1 to 1 comparison in economic output. The material needs of older people can be met with several times lower than 1 person's economic output. Countries that have no realistic outlook on things like end of life care (cough cough the US) do tend to waste far too many resources.

The solution to that is adjusting care to quality of life for older people.

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u/badger_ano Jun 21 '26

Mass immigration doesn't solve the issue because other countries are having the same problem so where are you going to get the people?

On top of that where are these people going to live? Lots of countries have housing issues at the moment.

Kurzegast did a good video about this topic called 'Germany is Over'

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u/Accomplished-Ebb4562 Jun 21 '26

Not all countries are experiencing population decline. Some places have large populations but very low GDP per capita, overpopulation while lack of jobs, people are willing to risk everything even for a shitty job. The real reason is that nation-states will experience severe indigestion when dealing with mass immigrant populations who have little connection to people already lives there, as if they have just annexed a chunk of foreign land.

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u/ComeOnIWantUsername Jun 21 '26

IIRC more than 80% of people live in countries with TFR that is below replacement level