A researcher did a deep dive into this looking for a common link. Won't bore you with the details but it was linked to economic shocks. In large parts of the world the oil shock of the 70's started the decline, Japan was hit hard and as events unfolded over the following decades the same pattern developed. The USA was one of hte last to fall with the GFC seeing them start to decline.
Japan now sells more nappies to the elderly than babies. Sth Korea has a birth rate of 1.3. Its serious.
Any chance you have a link to that researcher or study? I'm curious about the boring details as you put it lol. I've long had a theory that part of the plot behind pushing for a fiat system in every country on the planet was to induce economic distress on normal people so they literally can't afford to have children.
If you look at the past 100 years or so, then you'll see that during times of economic growth, and I mean real growth where the middle and lower class get actual wage growth that matches inflation, birth rates increase drastically. Which makes sense. If you can afford to have more kids and feel financially stable, people will tend to have more kids.
Overall, I'm not worried about this that much. If you look at Hungary, you'll see that it's more than possible to reverse this. That chart is wrong about their birth rates. In the last 10 years or so they've implemented a number of pro childbirth policies that have resulted in them basically reversing course. They're just barely below replacement rate at this point, and have the highest birth rates in Europe.
Here in the US, it's also been noted that birth rates have increased in most states thanks to abortion bans. Combine that with Hungarian style birth policies, and a long term economic boom from transitioning off the fiat/central bank system, and I have confidence that we'll not only reverse the birth rate decline, we'll probably start having a giant population growth, because not only will our natural births be increasing, but the USA in particular will probably see a new wave of mass migration from Europe, Canada, Australia, etc. from people who no longer trust their government.
Something similar happened in the late 1800s and early 1900s with WW I and the various famines and plagues that caused people to lose trust in their government and looked to the USA for a better life.
A researcher did a deep dive into this looking for a common link. Won't bore you with the details but it was linked to economic shocks. In large parts of the world the oil shock of the 70's started the decline, Japan was hit hard and as events unfolded over the following decades the same pattern developed. The USA was one of hte last to fall with the GFC seeing them start to decline.
Japan now sells more nappies to the elderly than babies. Sth Korea has a birth rate of 1.3. Its serious.
Any chance you have a link to that researcher or study? I'm curious about the boring details as you put it lol. I've long had a theory that part of the plot behind pushing for a fiat system in every country on the planet was to induce economic distress on normal people so they literally can't afford to have children.
If you look at the past 100 years or so, then you'll see that during times of economic growth, and I mean real growth where the middle and lower class get actual wage growth that matches inflation, birth rates increase drastically. Which makes sense. If you can afford to have more kids and feel financially stable, people will tend to have more kids.
Overall, I'm not worried about this that much. If you look at Hungary, you'll see that it's more than possible to reverse this. That chart is wrong about their birth rates. In the last 10 years or so they've implemented a number of pro childbirth policies that have resulted in them basically reversing course. They're just barely below replacement rate at this point, and have the highest birth rates in Europe.
Here in the US, it's also been noted that birth rates have increased in most states thanks to abortion bans. Combine that with Hungarian style birth policies, and a long term economic boom from transitioning off the fiat/central bank system, and I have confidence that we'll not only reverse the birth rate decline, we'll probably start having a giant population growth, because not only will our natural births be increasing, but the USA in particular will probably see a new wave of mass migration from Europe, Canada, Australia, etc. from people who no longer trust their government.
Something similar happened in the late 1800s and early 1900s with WW I and the various famines and plagues that caused people to lose trust in their government and looked to the USA for a better life.
Found it for you, its very good as the guy is not a shrill.
https://youtu.be/A6s8QlIGanA?si=Jc6bkrsxOJ7pYS9i
Thanks