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ever notice how the corporate media is always trying get more people into the developed nations? Mass immigration! More people! More People! More Babies! MOAR!

ever notice how the corporate media is always trying get more people into the developed nations? Mass immigration! More people! More People! More Babies! MOAR! MOAR! This baby dearth, combined with the ability of the japanese to keep their elites from increasing mass immigration, means less supply of labor, which means higher wage (remember supply and demand? It applies to labor, too). That means that the corporations that support the corporate media via advertising buys will pay more for labor. The media hates that! Also, fewer people means fewer consumers for the products advertised in the media. The media hates that! The media is the enemy of the majority working class citizen of the developed nations.

randomdata 13y ago
I cannot speak for all developed nations, but I always got the impression that the corporate media in America was very anti-children. Many shows highlight the trials and tribulations of having children. I cannot think of any popular program that focuses on the joys of having children.
pcurve 13y ago
Japan hasn't quite embraced foreign immigration the way many of its European counterparts have. It's an interesting demographic and economics experiments whose results we shall find out in coming 30-50 years. I'm willing to bet a lot of money that the low-birth rate trend will reverse at some point. A country with 1.2 birth rate will cease to exist in 200 years, and I just don't see that happening. More interesting questions to ask is: 1. What will trigger the trend reversal, and make young people reproduce more? (My guess is, vast reduction in standard of living and GDP) 2. And how long will it take for Japan to recover from the damage sustained? In a long run, I think Japan can pull it off. It will be in better shape than Europe 50 years from now.
guard-of-terra 13y ago
This doesn't work for Japan so well right now: lost generation, 10s of percents of temp jobs with bad pay...
kzrdude 13y ago
Did you notice that the current system is built upon growth? Growth in everything, in populations, users, consumers, prices, resource extraction etc etc

randomdata 13y ago

I cannot speak for all developed nations, but I always got the impression that the corporate media in America was very anti-children. Many shows highlight the trials and tribulations of having children. I cannot think of any popular program that focuses on the joys of having children.

pcurve 13y ago

Japan hasn't quite embraced foreign immigration the way many of its European counterparts have. It's an interesting demographic and economics experiments whose results we shall find out in coming 30-50 years. I'm willing to bet a lot of money that the low-birth rate trend will reverse at some point. A country with 1.2 birth rate will cease to exist in 200 years, and I just don't see that happening. More interesting questions to ask is: 1. What will trigger the trend reversal, and make young people reproduce more? (My guess is, vast reduction in standard of living and GDP) 2. And how long will it take for Japan to recover from the damage sustained? In a long run, I think Japan can pull it off. It will be in better shape than Europe 50 years from now.

guard-of-terra 13y ago

This doesn't work for Japan so well right now: lost generation, 10s of percents of temp jobs with bad pay...

kzrdude 13y ago

Did you notice that the current system is built upon growth? Growth in everything, in populations, users, consumers, prices, resource extraction etc etc