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The USA has sub-replacement fertility, as do almost all Western countries. Population growth is entirely due to immigration. We should open our borders to oth
by ArkanExplorer 6y ago
The USA has sub-replacement fertility, as do almost all Western countries.
Population growth is entirely due to immigration.
We should open our borders to other very-high-HDI countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Dev...
(With diversity and equality requirements, eg. max 10% from any one country, max 49% males from any one country)
And disallow immigration from all others.
- BrianOnHN 6y agoIn other words, let our population continue to shrink. Perfect for the "elite" who get to coast on trust funds while the unemployed poors die off. Not so perfect when an outside force decides to declare war.
- ArkanExplorer 6y agoFalling population leads to cheaper housing, higher wages, less congestion for government services and infrastructure. More affordable housing is a major factor in fertility rates, so eventually the population just finds a stable equilibrium. Increasing population leads to the opposite - the elites are the ones pushing for mass-immigration, since they benefit from rising land prices and lower wages.
- BrianOnHN 6y ago"A stable equilibrium" might as well read stagnation. How do you suppose we incentive competition in stagnation?
- PeterisP 6y agoProsperity IMHO means a growth in per-capita wealth. On the other hands, "the elites" may prefer a growth in total wealth (since part of that growth accumulates to them) through a population increase even if it comes at the cost of decrease in per-capita wealth for the actual society.
- medium_burrito 6y agoWe can even speed up the process by letting the poors have unlimitied opiates!
- selimthegrim 6y agoTell BoJack! You've solved the drug problem in America!