@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 7 months agoHow should countries deal with falling birth rates?www.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down13
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minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months ago the result was improved lives for everyone *for everyone who survived. I’d argue that the lives of those who died from wars and plagues got much worse, particularly due to the whole “dying” part.
minus-square@Blue_MorpholinkEnglish5•7 months agoBut not having babies isn’t killing anyone. It’s the best type of population decline. It’s also slower than war/plague so it’s an easier transition.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months ago It’s also slower than war/plague so it’s an easier transition. It is easier, but not without challenges. Each person (on average) caring for four elderly grandparents could be quite the burden.
minus-square@Blue_MorpholinkEnglish1•5 months agoWW2 killed the able-bodied workers at the prime of their lives leaving elderly grandparents. Yet the 1950’s weren’t an economic disaster.
*for everyone who survived.
I’d argue that the lives of those who died from wars and plagues got much worse, particularly due to the whole “dying” part.
But not having babies isn’t killing anyone. It’s the best type of population decline. It’s also slower than war/plague so it’s an easier transition.
It is easier, but not without challenges. Each person (on average) caring for four elderly grandparents could be quite the burden.
WW2 killed the able-bodied workers at the prime of their lives leaving elderly grandparents. Yet the 1950’s weren’t an economic disaster.