The article is 90% prelude, and when we finally get to the meat of the issue, the professor basically says that low birth rate is simply a cultural adaptation to societal stressors. Okay, fine. But then, he doesn’t explore what the real issue is, namely, is this reaction to societal stressors going to lead to positive outcomes? It also didn’t help matters that he dragged out notions of Hegelian-Marxist dialectic.
setnaffa
1 year ago
Low birthrates are a worldwide phenomena. There’s something more than fundamental than psychology involved. Maybe it’s “the end of the world”, radiation sickness, bad diets, etc.; but it’s real. And even affecting India and China.
But I agree with Kevin. Marxists are pathological liars. And both Hegel and Marx wrote absolute dreck.
Korean Man
1 year ago
What if the low birthrate in Korea is not a problem but instead a solution?
This is true only if Korean society figures out what they’re going to do with all those old people. By 2027, it’s expected that half the population in this country will be 50 years old and over. Who will take care of them and how will they be taken care of, when the tax base has deteriorated due to the fact that 7 million workers, out of a total of 20 million people workforce, are going to be retiring in the next 5 years? Where will the money and the manpower come from to house and care for all those old people? I’m sure the young people will rebel if they’re forced to take care of the old population that’s growing explosively. So how does, instituting forced euthanasia for people who are over the age of 75, sound to you?
Last edited 1 year ago by Korean Man
GrayBlack
1 year ago
Low birth rates are a worldwide phenomena because governments worldwide have been reducing birth rates as their core policy. Placing the blame on “societal stressors” is hilariously wrong. My grandfather’s generation lived through Japanese occupation and Korean war. It was absolutely brutal, yet the fertility rate was still above 5 before, during, and after the war.
Propaganda works, and modern governments create huge amount of anti-family propaganda. They fund all assortments of anti-fertility organizations like planned parenthood and university “education.” Often in other countries as well. The same government people then act all shocked when fertility drops off a cliff. The groups most isolated from government efforts, like the Amish have fertility rates well above 5. Some as high as 10.
The article is 90% prelude, and when we finally get to the meat of the issue, the professor basically says that low birth rate is simply a cultural adaptation to societal stressors. Okay, fine. But then, he doesn’t explore what the real issue is, namely, is this reaction to societal stressors going to lead to positive outcomes? It also didn’t help matters that he dragged out notions of Hegelian-Marxist dialectic.
Low birthrates are a worldwide phenomena. There’s something more than fundamental than psychology involved. Maybe it’s “the end of the world”, radiation sickness, bad diets, etc.; but it’s real. And even affecting India and China.
But I agree with Kevin. Marxists are pathological liars. And both Hegel and Marx wrote absolute dreck.
This is true only if Korean society figures out what they’re going to do with all those old people. By 2027, it’s expected that half the population in this country will be 50 years old and over. Who will take care of them and how will they be taken care of, when the tax base has deteriorated due to the fact that 7 million workers, out of a total of 20 million people workforce, are going to be retiring in the next 5 years? Where will the money and the manpower come from to house and care for all those old people? I’m sure the young people will rebel if they’re forced to take care of the old population that’s growing explosively. So how does, instituting forced euthanasia for people who are over the age of 75, sound to you?
Low birth rates are a worldwide phenomena because governments worldwide have been reducing birth rates as their core policy. Placing the blame on “societal stressors” is hilariously wrong. My grandfather’s generation lived through Japanese occupation and Korean war. It was absolutely brutal, yet the fertility rate was still above 5 before, during, and after the war.
Propaganda works, and modern governments create huge amount of anti-family propaganda. They fund all assortments of anti-fertility organizations like planned parenthood and university “education.” Often in other countries as well. The same government people then act all shocked when fertility drops off a cliff. The groups most isolated from government efforts, like the Amish have fertility rates well above 5. Some as high as 10.