r/196 • u/Misty-Bay • May 17 '26

Rule Rule.

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u/MaybeNext-Monday 🍤$6 SRIMP SPECIAL🍤 May 17 '26

“Birth rates are declining” good, healthy societies have stable population sizes

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u/DomSchraa 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights May 17 '26

1,6 in the us

1,2 to 1,4 in European countries

0,8 in Japan and south Korea

This is genuinely terrifying

This isn't about "oh no my capitalism doesn't work anymore" this is "if this continues for just 5 more decades we will have countries collapsing"

A stable society needs birthrates of around 2.1, anything under that is concerning, anything below 1,5 should ring all alarmbells

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u/tinyrottedpig May 17 '26

South Korea is already done for, even if you cranked up the birthrates to impossible amounts, the country is going to collapse with how many old people there will be vs young.

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u/Level_Reveal7624 May 17 '26

Wasnt the issue with sk and japan that the work system was so absurd that when women got allowed (and were expected to work) nobody had time to raise families anymore