This new generation of child-free people better be damn well aware that when they get old they are absolutely fucked. The state isn’t going to be there for them and IF they have a SO great but even then shit happens.
The future is going to be bleak.
Comment on Japan’s Birth Rate Set to Break Even the Bleakest Forecasts
fodor@lemmy.zip 1 week agoYou clearly don’t understand the situation. 125 million down to … 60 million, less, in half a century, maybe less… How to manage that is a serious question. Infrastructure is a huge question.
whoisearth@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
The state isn’t going to be there for them
Good thing I got a vasectomy so my unborn children will never have to suffer such neglect.
whoisearth@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
The state isn’t going to be there for you either and your parents will be long dead and your siblings if you have them? Grab bag of maybe.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 week ago
japan like china, and korea are pretty hostile to immigration policies.
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Less power, less traffic, less consumption… what part of infrastructure isn’t suddenly overengineered? For a value of “suddenly” that means in fifty years.
And as others note, this isn’t because the Japanese are suddenly averse to fucking. They’re overworked to the point of self-parody. This trend is eminently reversible, if the people addicted to the wiggly line can look further into the future than next quarter.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 week ago
i think south korea has a worst rate than japan, they are declining faster.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Why do you assume it’s worse?