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Breeding under the replacement rate does not imply population shrinkage. It's a better strategy for a rich nation state to have lower birth rates and poach the
by curun1r 8y ago
Breeding under the replacement rate does not imply population shrinkage. It's a better strategy for a rich nation state to have lower birth rates and poach the best and brightest from other countries. That increases the wealth of native-born citizens as well as improving the lives of those who immigrate whereas overbreeding disperses accumulated inherited wealth.
- kypro 8y agoBut I thought we need immigrants to do the low paid jobs we don't want to do, not the hard well paid ones? /s
- ido 8y agoit can indeed be both (no sarcasm intended - the menial jobs nobody else wants and the high-skill ones not enough people are capable of doing).
- dev_north_east 8y agoAnd brain draining the countries of the emigrants? Maybe we should be working to fix those places up and not hoover up all the talent.