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If current trends continue, North Korea will be around longer than South Korea. Ironic, no?
by linksnapzz 1y ago
If current trends continue, North Korea will be around longer than South Korea.
Ironic, no?
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- justonceokay 1y agoThere is no reason to believe trends will continue. Countries populations are stabilizing, not trending toward zero.
- churchill 1y agoHow did you make the leap from free markets vs. autarkic Juche to birth rates discourse? It's unambiguously true that free markets has made South Korea significantly, mind-bendingly wealthier than the North. And on the subject of fertility, birth rates are so low (1.8) that you have Kim Jong Un crying on national TV, begging women to have more kids. Personally, I have this pet theory (irrational, it may be) that as the boomers die off across the West, newer generations will pick up having more kids and TFR will level off. Like new growth springing up in a forest after a wildfire burns up all the old, dry wood. Something similar to the post-war baby boom.
- TimorousBestie 1y ago[flagged]
- churchill 1y agoExactly this. I believe it'll free up housing and general consumer demand, reduce social security spending, etc.