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>Why all of the articles about Japan, when the situation in Italy is more dire? Go figure. It's more dire in Japan because Japan has very restrictive immigrati
by logicchains 3y ago
>Why all of the articles about Japan, when the situation in Italy is more dire? Go figure.
It's more dire in Japan because Japan has very restrictive immigration policies, so the decrease in working-age people there cannot be offset to some degree by immigration, unlike in western countries.
- coldtea 3y agoIf people in a country are just substitutable like that by people from other countries without anything of any importance being lost, then we don't need to care for per-country replacement rates, just global ones. Except if the concern is purely economic.
- cjbgkagh 3y agoJapanese old people are healthier and more able to take care of themselves which is a big difference and in my view preferable to mass migration.