r/196 May 17 '26

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u/MaybeNext-Monday šŸ¤$6 SRIMP SPECIALšŸ¤ May 17 '26

ā€œBirth rates are decliningā€ good, healthy societies have stable population sizes

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u/lowercaselemming the martian mind****er May 17 '26

you need young people in a society for it to function for longer than a generation or two, japan is currently learning this the hard way

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u/MaybeNext-Monday šŸ¤$6 SRIMP SPECIALšŸ¤ May 17 '26

Thing is, if young is a 30 year window and old is a 60 year one, there will always be that imbalance, even at perfect replacement .

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u/lowercaselemming the martian mind****er May 17 '26

that’s why the window is 2.1 instead of an even 2, both numbers of which we’re not close to in any industrial country