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Pretty sure letting population enter freefall will start a race to the bottom that will destroy any country. Countries with fertility rates of 1.5 shouldn't be

by pfisch 3y ago

Pretty sure letting population enter freefall will start a race to the bottom that will destroy any country. Countries with fertility rates of 1.5 shouldn't be throwing stones at immigration.

rs999gti 3y ago
> Countries with fertility rates of 1.5 shouldn't be throwing stones at immigration. Yes, they should be working to encourage more native women to have children. You can't immigrate your way out of a population decline.
- pfisch 3y ago
  Of course you can. Why couldn't you?
  - lottin 3y ago
    Because you end up replacing one population with another. In other words, the remedy is worse than the disease.
    - pfisch 3y ago
      Seems like you just end up with a mixed population that eventually just becomes the new "native" population.
lottin 3y ago
A population decline doesn't lead to a race to the bottom. Less people means the economic output is likely to shrink in absolute terms, but it doesn't have to shrink in per capita terms. On the other hand, less pressure on natural resources, less pollution and less people overall makes arguably a nicer environment to live in.
- pfisch 3y ago
  What it leads to is a massive elderly population that the young population is unable to support, and a falling GDP, falling house prices, etc.