One of the amazing abilities of most higher-order organism colonies observed in biology is the ability to self-regulate reproduction within an environment. If n

One of the amazing abilities of most higher-order organism colonies observed in biology is the ability to self-regulate reproduction within an environment. If native population growth is low, it’s usually for a reason. Native human population growth is between -2% and 20% annually, excluding war, famine, and disease. If you have a population of field mice in equilibrium, and you introduce more field mice, the net population does not increase. The number of births drops dramatically, and the number of deaths by causes mentioned above increases from negligible to potentially 100%. It takes a special kind of westerner hubris to believe that we’re any different. Japanese understand this, and place blame for lack of growth squarely where it belongs: poor economic and social conditions for raising a family due to failed programs of social engineering from the 70s.