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> And if on top of that you are immigration-averse, you're effectively dooming yourself into extinction. The great majority of countries, even those with extre
by car_analogy 5y ago
> And if on top of that you are immigration-averse, you're effectively dooming yourself into extinction.
The great majority of countries, even those with extremely low fertility rates (e.g. South Korea), are vastly more populous than at almost any other point in history. We're a long way from extinction - at least due to underpopulation. Meanwhile, a low population has a smaller ecological impact, and it's collapsing ecologies that are currently a bigger threat than running out of people.
- mrleinad 5y agoMaybe I used the term extinction too loosely. I meant the country as it is now would no longer exist. Not that there would be no people at all. For example, Russia would be split into different territories or smaller countries.