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CCP is also the kind of government that would send the old people to far away farms to grow rice for the "young builders of the new society" and China has 1.5 b
by akomtu 5y ago
CCP is also the kind of government that would send the old people to far away farms to grow rice for the "young builders of the new society" and China has 1.5 billions people, so it can keep doing this for a few generations. Bluntly speaking, CCP won't carry the dead weight around.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoThe issue is the fertility rate is permanently stunted. Even if they go soylent green on the elderly, they’re on a downward population trajectory that is likely locked in by cultural shifts. The longer the fertility rate is held down (China’s was 1.3 for 2020), the harder it is to reverse the trend due to momentum. Good for the planet and individuals making the choice, bad for the CCP. https://www.google.com/search?q=china+fertility+rate https://www.google.com/search?q=china+fertility+rate https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/10/china-birthrate-slumps-experts-blame-changing-attitudes https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/10/china-birthrat... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51145251 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51145251 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3135342/chinese-military-faces-challenge-falling-fertility-rate https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3135342/chi...
- akomtu 5y agoThat's a made up problem. CCP can just "spend" a bulk of young males in a small war, tell the rest to multiply and in 25 years the populace will double.