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The unspoken subtext of these hysterical articles is that they are only speaking about wealthy white people. The rest of the planet does not exist to them.

dijit 4y ago
Maybe "wealthy" people. Japan is suffering identically.
- nomdep 4y ago
  Remember, "Americans" believe everything outside USA doesn't count
joenot443 4y ago
There are plenty of countries with a sub replacement level birth rate. Were it not for immigration, this would put them in deep economic peril. Perhaps you found more meaning in the race angle for some reason (countries like Japan are left puzzled with your logic), but I found the message pretty clear. The observation “white people are lazy and rich” is a pretty outdated and lazy one, it’s surprising to see it here on HN tbh. Do you think the birth rate in Ukraine is down because of wealthy whiteness?
lm28469 4y ago
> only speaking about wealthy white people Wealthy or not, white or not, you're going to feel it sooner or later in most countries. The whole system is built on a strong working class, once the balance shift to an older population it's going suck for a few generations Not many white peeps in Japan or China btw, yet they'll suffer the same thing, India will be next, albeit a bit later But yeah, "white man bad", that's good enough !
albertopv 4y ago
China birth rate rings a bell?
Majestic121 4y ago
Just look at the trend : https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?view=map https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?view=map Fertility rates are close to or below 2 pretty much everywhere except subsaharian africa, and dropping significantly on a world wide level. Trying to make this issue 'white vs other' is unwarranted and simply does not fit actual data.
ozborn 4y ago
No, that's you reading into the article. Go look at recent global demographics data, it's not restricted to "wealthy white people", it's been an issue in East Asia for decades and countries from in Latin America, to Iran, even India all are dealing with or are now fast approaching the issue.
icare_1er 4y ago
And the subtext of your comment is your pathological urge to speak about so-called "white privilege" whatever the topic is.

dijit 4y ago

Maybe "wealthy" people. Japan is suffering identically.

nomdep 4y ago
Remember, "Americans" believe everything outside USA doesn't count

joenot443 4y ago

There are plenty of countries with a sub replacement level birth rate. Were it not for immigration, this would put them in deep economic peril. Perhaps you found more meaning in the race angle for some reason (countries like Japan are left puzzled with your logic), but I found the message pretty clear. The observation “white people are lazy and rich” is a pretty outdated and lazy one, it’s surprising to see it here on HN tbh. Do you think the birth rate in Ukraine is down because of wealthy whiteness?

lm28469 4y ago

> only speaking about wealthy white people Wealthy or not, white or not, you're going to feel it sooner or later in most countries. The whole system is built on a strong working class, once the balance shift to an older population it's going suck for a few generations Not many white peeps in Japan or China btw, yet they'll suffer the same thing, India will be next, albeit a bit later But yeah, "white man bad", that's good enough !

albertopv 4y ago

China birth rate rings a bell?

Majestic121 4y ago

Just look at the trend : https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?view=map https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?view=map Fertility rates are close to or below 2 pretty much everywhere except subsaharian africa, and dropping significantly on a world wide level. Trying to make this issue 'white vs other' is unwarranted and simply does not fit actual data.

ozborn 4y ago

No, that's you reading into the article. Go look at recent global demographics data, it's not restricted to "wealthy white people", it's been an issue in East Asia for decades and countries from in Latin America, to Iran, even India all are dealing with or are now fast approaching the issue.

icare_1er 4y ago

And the subtext of your comment is your pathological urge to speak about so-called "white privilege" whatever the topic is.