The point of such declining population articles is not one of taking sides on increasing vs decreasing population. The point of such articles to examine what k

The point of such declining population articles is not one of taking sides on increasing vs decreasing population. The point of such articles to examine what kind of society we are building. Are people feeling comfortable to produce the next generation? What challenges exist in production and raising of children? And finally, how many producers (young) to consumers (old) exist in society. These are interesting questions, one that a lot of millennials associate with. E.g. Society appears to be designed such that marriages are obsolete for millennials, producing a child is a burden and the future appears bleaker for individual humans. That said, a declining population is good for the planet, so long as we are not stuck in a death spiral. Immigration is America's life saver. Other countries are not so lucky.