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I never said a high TFR means a vibrant society. A low TFR is indisputably the slow death of a society.
by greenavocado 4mo ago
I never said a high TFR means a vibrant society. A low TFR is indisputably the slow death of a society.
- eru 4mo agoVatican is the deadest of societies, I guess?
- greenavocado 4mo agoCorrect
- petersellers 4mo agoNot necessarily if you take immigration into account.
- greenavocado 4mo agoA society replaced by immigrants is no longer that same society. My original point still stands.
- thunderfork 4mo agoWhereas a society replaced by children...
- greenavocado 4mo agoWhereas a society replaced by its own children maintains continuity of community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests
- eru 4mo agoWhat about those societies that have traditionally replaced themselves via immigrants? Moving to a replacement via kids would be the change for them.
- thunderfork 4mo agoPlenty changes between generations. Still not the same society.
- eru 4mo agoIn the case of Singapore it would be just the opposite: Singapore was and is build on the back of immigrants. Replacing ourselves with kids instead of immigrants would be the big change.
- myrmidon 4mo ago> A low TFR is indisputably the slow death of a society. No this is a non-sequitur. Low fertility only means that the affected society grows smaller. This is only equivalent to "slow death" when it persists for centuries until the society is actually dead.