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The issue with this though is two fold: 1.) You cannot have a nation of college degree high skilled workers. At least until robots and AI are widespread. Being
by Workaccount2 5y ago
The issue with this though is two fold:
1.) You cannot have a nation of college degree high skilled workers. At least until robots and AI are widespread. Being rich is a lot less fun when you cannot spend it anywhere, because none of those places have a staff.
2.) Since people aren't having kids, and we love to saddle the future with liabilities, someone has to fill that void.
All the hot shot AI inventory management software in the world is useless without grunts actually executing it's guidance on the ground.
- Factorium 5y ago1) The ratio of people with a tertiary degree is probably too high. In past decades, only about the top 25% had university degrees: https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/files/images/graph_month-stat_march-april.jpg https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/files/images/graph_month-stat_... 2) Fertility is heavily influenced by the availability of housing. Without immigration, house prices will fall and wages will rise, providing a boost to fertility until the population equalises. https://www.nber.org/digest/feb12/impact-real-estate-market-fertility https://www.nber.org/digest/feb12/impact-real-estate-market-... With mass immigration you shortcut that, and simply end up replacing the original population, probably with negative overall effects if the incoming population is not genetically (average IQ, predisposition to violence) or culturally (respect for women etc.) aligned.
- xxpor 5y agoYou do realize intra-country migration has the same effect right? In the US, the majority of counties are losing population, because people are moving to cities. You're advocating for internal passports and residency permits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou