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The US is not experiencing a die-off. The net population growth in the US is still positive. More births and deaths. Combined that with a net positive immigrati

The US is not experiencing a die-off. The net population growth in the US is still positive. More births and deaths. Combined that with a net positive immigration, the US is not susceptible to falling population levels like those of in Japan and Russia

claudeganon 7y ago
> The net population growth in the US is still positive. By something like half a percent. Simultaneously birth rates are decreasing to near historic lows, immigration is being constricted, millennial life expectancy is on the decline, and suicides have spiked across all age groups. Yes, I’ll concede that we’re not at the level of Russia or Japan yet, but something has definitely gone off the rails and not trending in a great direction.
- GhostVII 7y ago
  Why is it not a great direction? I think if we can keep human population under 10 billion by reducing the birth rate it is probably best for everyone. And immigration rates are fairly high relative to what they have been historically (higher than 2008-2015) [0]. [0] https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/us-immigration-trends https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/us-immigra...
- turk73 7y ago
  I really don't see the fucking problem. Useless people drink themselves to death, beats having to kill them off in a war. Individually, these are tragedies, I guess. Not my former brother-in-law who drank himself to death, his death was a liberation for my sister and her kids.
freeone3000 7y ago
Why does population need to constantly increase? Or, posit that this is true: Then what?